[colug-432] 200 line kernel patch

[Travis Sidelinger]

I haven't noticed a difference either.  Though, I didn't use the
kernel patch.  I just applied the user-mode version of that tweak.

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Bill Baker <bill_chris at earthlink.net> wrote:
> My problem is that I like to open several tabs at once in Firefox.  When
> I do, the CPU peaks at 100% and stays there until I kill it.  As I read
> the tabs I close them, but Firefox still takes the same amount of CPU
> time until I close and reopen it.  I haven't noticed a difference in
> that so far.
>
> On Mon, 2010-12-13 at 20:00 -0700, Rob Haag wrote:
>> I used the same alternate script, I see quite a marked difference when
>> I'm running windoze in the VM. I have also notice that I don't
>> bottleneck so bad when my rsync takes place at the top of the hour. I
>> really expected to not see a difference, but am quite pleased.
>>
>>
>> Rob Haag
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Bill Baker <bill_chris at earthlink.net>
>> wrote:
>>         Getting back to the subject of Linux...
>>
>>         Has anyone tried out the new 200 line kernel patch that
>>         supposedly
>>         improves responsiveness?  I just added the alternative script
>>         to
>>         my /etc/rc.local file that's supposed to do the same thing
>>         detailed
>>         here:
>>         http://www.webupd8.org/2010/11/alternative-to-200-lines-kernel-patch.html
>>
>>         So far I don't see much of an improvement, but I'll continue
>>         to use it
>>         to see if I do notice anything.  I was just checking to see if
>>         anyone
>>         had done the actual patch and if there was any dramatic
>>         improvement.
>>
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