[oclug] Yay: Linux v2.6.0-test1

[Francis J. A. Pinteric]

On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 17:08:40 -0400 (EDT)
Ross Jordan <rjordan at student.math.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:


> Several of the patches have been backported to 2.4.21; interactive
> tasks in X are improved under 2.4.21.


Not so you'd notice them much actually.  I'm currently using 2.4.21 and
I haven't noticed much of a difference.  The general impression overall
that it is faster, but it still suffers when loaded.

> Hopefully 2.6 will be even better.
> 

The new scheduler is the much heard of `real-time' scheduler and from
what I've heard is supposed to be the "cat's meow."  I've attempted to
install several 2.5.xx kernels, the latest being 2.5.73.  They compile
alright, but I have yet to get one to run successfully.  It seems to
load alright, but because all the old boot-up messages have been
removed, I can't tell where it hangs up.  I know that it runs at all
because of disk activity for about a minute, but then nothing.  No
screen messages appear and the keyboard is locked.  I've never really
had the time to go deeper into it, just running it out of curiosity.

>>>--fja->

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