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[Arwed von Merkatz <v.merkatz AT gmx.net>]

On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 03:06:27PM -0600, David C. Haley wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 13:03, Eric Sandall wrote:
> > Quoting Wolfgang Scheicher <worf AT sbox.tu-graz.ac.at>:
> > > As far as i can tell there are less and less problems with 2.6.x 
> > > kernels.
> > > I myself switched my work system to 2.6.x when 2.6.2 got released, and 
> > > with
> > > my 
> > > new glibc i burned the bridges behind me.
> > > 
> > > So when shall we use 2.6.x as default for the linux spell and the iso?
> > > 
> > > We shouldn't do it to early, but propably shouldn't wait too long 
> > > either.
> > > 
> > > I for myself belive that things work well enough to switch test 
> > > grimoire to
> > > 2.6.x kernels soon (within the next weeks). And stable somewhen later 
> > > when 
> > > it's save. This doesn't mean that users have to upgrade, it's more 
> > > about what
> > > 
> > > shall be default. However, a user should not run into too much troubles 
> > > when
> > > 
> > > using the default :-)
> > > 
> > > So - Which kernels are you running, and which problems did you run into 
> > > because of your kernel?
> > > 
> > > Worf
> > 
> > All of my machines (except my server) have been using 2.6 for at least a 
> > few
> > weeks now (some since 2.6.0-test1 came out), and NPTL since it was 
> > enabled in
> > glibc (great work, by the way!). I'd like to see 2.6 as the default along 
> > with
> > an ISO (but after 1.0 most likely) as 2.6 fixes quite a few problems and 
> > is
> > /really/ fast.
> 
> Don't flog me if this is a stupid question. But, since this had started
> up I've read how people say that it 2.6.x is faster. Is there something
> out there that can actually measure how fast a kernel functions...or it
> is just one of those perceptive things?

It's mostly a matter of perception, as it's not really *faster*, but
more responsive. If you ever wondered why your windows in X move jumpily
under a load of 6+, try a 2.6 kernel :)
It definitely seems to be more efficient when your memory usage goes
through the roof, that could be measurable, though i wouldn't know how
to do it.

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