Linux Deploy performance test

02 Oct 2012 | android linuxdeploy

Tested under Debian/wheezy/armhf on a Samsung Galaxy S II.

SD card read / write speed (10 class) on Android for file systems vfat, ext2, ext4:

• vfat: read speed 14.1 MB/s; write speed 12.0 MB/s
• ext2: read speed 14.9 MB/s; write speed 3.9 MB/s
• ext4: read speed 14.9 MB/s; write speed 16.6 MB/s
• ext2 (loop): read speed 17.0 MB/s; write speed 7.4 MB/s
• ext4 (loop): read speed 17.2 MB/s; write speed 8.8 MB/s

Installation time and use space on disk (Debian wheezy/armhf on Samsung Galaxy S II):

• Without GUI ~ 0:12 / 260 MB
• XTerm ~ 0:14 / 290 MB
• LXDE ~ 0:19 / 450 MB
• XFCE ~ 0:20 / 495 MB
• GNOME ~ 0:55 / 1.3 GB
• KDE ~ 1:20 / 1.3 GB