For responsiveness, I'd recommend the -ck kernel. Its tuned for desktop interactivity. ANd I hate to start a CFLAG war, but you say things are slow when switching windows, which means some stuff may be going in and out of swap...You didn't compile with the -O3 flag did you?
On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 14:19 -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thank again! I will do just that, as I have plenty of space on my hd. > As I'm relatively new to Linux, I've been playing around with different > alternatives. Of course Gentoo was the choice after some tries and yes, I've > built my own kernel, from stage1. > So far, XFCE4 with some light and fast theme (glider, for instance) seems to > be fair enough for what i do. > Although I've emerged OOo, as you say is overkill. Abiword is pretty fine. > But I still don't have the responsiveness while using one application, that I > had with windoze XP on the same system. Of course you wouldn't compare the > stability, security, design, etc that Linux and particularily Gentoo offers, > but I think that with the right tuning, at least I could get the same > responsiveness. > For instance, I use Thunderbird for mail and RSS, but I find it extremely > slow, mainly when switching windows (write mail, go back to inbox, move to > folder dragging-and-dropping, etc). > The concern I have is that after emerging so many things, perhaps it will be > a good idea to build a _new_ gentoo system with just what I want/choose. > I will do the tests and anything worth comenting I will follow-up here. > Thanks again. > Willy. > > > ----- Mensaje original ----- > De: Jonathan Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Fecha: Miércoles, Junio 29, 2005 6:39 pm > Asunto: Re: [gentoo-performance] Resources for Gentoo Desktop Performance > Tuning > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Thank you Jonathan... so perhaps moving to jfs could make it? It > > seems from googling around that its CPU usage is constantly low. > > Any experiences with it? > > > Thanks in advance, Willy. > > > > > > > i have no experience with that. on my servers, i use xfs, and it does > > well. on my lower end machines and desktops i run ext3. even though it > > is "old" and "slow", it seems to work the best for me > > > > personally, i would wipe my harddrive, try out a couple of FSs and see > > which you like. overall, though, FS choice isn't going to be the > > biggestdeal on your system. i would make sure to make sure you use > > a minimal > > set of use flags (note: minimal set != the minimal use flag) and be > > sureto use a small and fast WM. also, be wary of running large > > bemoths like > > OOo all the time, and be sure, as always, to excise unnecessary > > processes. > > if you have not already done so, rolling your own kernel is a _must_. > > ensure that nothing is built into the kernel that isn't needed. > > > > - -- > > > > smithj > > > > Gentoo Developer > > [ desktop-misc && netmon && documentation ] > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > > iD8DBQFCwxUjl5AvwDPiUowRAnnmAJ44Safk8WeoZ3goa7ZiroICFGHn3wCgwIx6 > > EYPgAr0DG60Ru2tEihsNJ6U= > > =8DxL > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > > [email protected] mailing list > > > > > -- Adam Petaccia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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