February 17, 2009 @ 22:45
Screw data. Prioritize code.
As a long time Linux desktop user and Linux enthusiast I want bloody screaming fast desktop :) There are some situations that I just want to pull my hair out when I see that desktop performance just crawls to a halt :(
When I read articles like Tales from responsivenessland I really don’t get why there aren’t bells ringing in the heads of the people who can actually make a difference for Linux desktop performance.
I was also really sad when I read interview with Con Kolivas and the reasons why he quit kernel development.
I hope kernel developers will wake up and realise that there are also us – Desktop users and what we need and want are responsive desktops.
Will Fedora be the first Linux distro to have sane desktop defaults (vm.swappiness=1 and vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50). Current Fedora slogan is “Features. Freedom. Friends. First”, I hope to see “Desktop performance” as part of it soon ;)
What do you think about Linux destop performance?
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Posted by Mace Moneta
February 18, 2009 @ 0:44
The controls are there; what’s missing is the end-user interface, with good defaults provided by the distribution.
There’s nothing stopping Fedora or Ubuntu or any other distro from providing a GUI (possibly run during first boot) that asks how the machine will be used. It can then adjust the tuning as needed.
The problem is that currently the expectation is that the defaults are good enough, or that the end user will make the necessary tuning changes. Both of these choices are unrealistic.
Posted by Paul
February 18, 2009 @ 17:16
Hey,
how can I set these Values? Maybe we can create a wiki page for this?
Posted by valent
February 19, 2009 @ 11:14
@Paul
Just follow instructions on link “Tales from responsivenessland”[1]
If you start writing wiki page and need help just say I can help you write it.
[1] http://rudd-o.com/en/linux-and-free-software/tales-from-responsivenessland-why-linux-feels-slow-and-how-to-fix-that