I guess the question is, how much effort is it to run the objective test to show how much it helps.
Down side is, one would need to also run the test on the 200-line patch in the same installation, and collect figures to show how they compare. --Don Ellis On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 11:58 PM, Robert & Janet Bennett < [email protected]> wrote: > > Just tried it on my Debian Lenny and a half laptop. Boot up and > shutdown are a little bit slower. Otherwise it runs fine. It seems > to feel a bit snappier, but I hate to judge on how it "feels". That's > precisely when the placebo effect kicks in. > > Robert > > > Mike B. wrote: > >> http://www.webupd8.org/2010/11/alternative-to-200-lines-kernel-patch.html >> >> >From the article: >> >> "Phoronix recently published an article regarding a ~200 lines Linux >> Kernel patch that improves responsiveness under system strain. Well, >> Lennart Poettering, a RedHat developer replied to Linus Torvalds on a >> maling list with an alternative to this patch that does the same thing >> yet all you have to do is run 2 commands and paste 4 lines in your >> ~/.bashrc file. I know it sounds unbelievable, but apparently someone >> even ran some tests which prove that Lennart's solution works. Read >> on! >> >> "Basically, Lennart explains you have to add this to your ~/.bashrc >> file (important: this won't work on Ubuntu. See instructions for >> Ubuntu further down the post!):" >> > -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
