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  • From: Robin Sheat <robin AT kallisti.net.nz>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] Re: Kernel 2.4 vs 2.6
  • Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 21:52:40 +1200

On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 08:06:32AM +0000, Mathieu L wrote:
> I'd like to know for those who have tried 2.6 if they really think it's
> worth it for a workstation only? Is there any drawback compared to 2.4?
> According to the article, 2.6 seems to be a bit slower to compile stuff,
> isn't that quite relevant for Sourcemage running on a workstation?
Depends. In 2.6, I find large programs like Mozilla pull themselves out of
swap a lot faster, but heavy CPU usage by some things (like konq rendering
a page) is prone to causing my music player to skip. However, for a desktop
system, I think it is overall a bit better.

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