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Newer page: version 6 Last edited on Monday, August 15, 2005 4:35:48 pm by IanMcDonald
Older page: version 4 Last edited on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 8:50:50 pm by DanielLawson Revert
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 such as a Digital Camera, you end up with a smaller kernel - which will in turn boot faster. I've not measured how much benefit you get from this however 
  
 !! How can I improve performance on a desktop machine? (or on a slower machine) 
  
-There's a handful of patches for the 2.4 kernel series which attempt to address some of the scheduling slowdowns seen in the Linux kernel
+There are a number of patches around at the moment to reduce latency or provide realtime support for Linux. This is a fairly dynamic field at the moment and the best way to keep up to date with this is to go to http://lwn.net and search for realtime or latency
  
-! LowLatency  
-The [LowLatency|http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/schedlat.html#ddt] patch reduces the kernels scheduling latency , which should improve performance. Here's another howto on [ALSA and LowLatency|http://www.djcj.org/LAU/guide/Low_latency-Mini-HOWTO.php3]. Most recent patch is for 2.4.21.  
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-I've not used this one myself, so I can't guarantee how well it will work for you. A lot of people seem to like it however.  
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-! Pre-emptive Kernel  
-This patch improves the pre-emptive properties of the kernel. See KernelPreemption for more notes on what this means. It can be found at a [KernelMirror|http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rml/preempt-kernel/v2.4/] near you. Most recent patch for the 2.4 series is for 2.4.26. The 2.6 kernel series already has pre-emptive kernel support.  
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-I have used this patch on an HP Vectra (233 MHz P2 , 32 MB RAM) , to fix skipping mp3s when playing via XMMS locally, or XMMS remotely + ESD locally, and running remote X. This is a fairly slow machine by todays standards, and was seeing a lot of interrupt activity - lots of network, sound, and video changes. I would get nasty crackles in the mp3s if i changed virtual desktops and a large screen redraw was needed - the preempt patch fixed this.  
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-See also SysControls  
+See also SysControls , KernelPreemption, LowLatency , LinuxOnTheDesktop  
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