Re: Installfests (WAS: Re: [ossig] FOSS Meet)

[Nur Hussein <nhussein@xxxxxxxxx>]

The scheduler needs a bit of work... perhaps fans of desktop
perfomance (and don't mind getting their hands *slightly* dirty) can
try Dr. Kolivas's scheduler patches:

http://kernel.kolivas.org

He updates his stuff very regularly. The only caveat is you've got to
be comfortable patching and compiling kernels.

-= Nur Hussein =-

On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 16:14:21 +0800, Uwe Dippel <udippel@uniten.edu.my> wrote:
> SianLun Lau wrote:
> 
> > hah! i wonder are they comparing execution of software, or just bootup
> > time :)
> 
> <waitingtobebashed>
> 
> With all due respect; I do run some multi-boot (as much as I hate the OS
> on the first partition); and XP boots faster and works faster (as you
> may guess without tweaking; just out of the box).
> This is sorry to say; but this is the case IMHO; and I never noticed
> otherwise.
> The greatest offenders are OpenOffice, Firefox and Thunderbird *in
> comparison to M$ Office, IE*.
> 
> Before the chaps from the other camp start to yahoo: Since long I have
> honest- and seriously come to appreciate that the Desktops on *nix and
> *BSD are far superior w.r.t. usability and features. This makes - to me
> - more than up for the slowliness.
> 
> <stillwaiting...>
> 
> Uwe
> 
> 
> 
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