I patched the vanilla 2.4.18 source that came with Slackware 8.1 to 2.4.19 and then applied Con Kolivas' patchset (http://members.optusnet.com.au/ckolivas/kernel/ck7_2.4.19.patch.bz2). The result was pretty amazing. The KDE windows now move around like greased lightning!
Time to do some low-level Linux gfx/audio programming and see how the the preemptable, low-latency, O(1) scheduled kernel stacks up to WinXP and BeOS. The Linux framebuffer abstraction is great! It gives game programmers a standard, solid gfx API besides svgalib and X (pleh...). _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
