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Linux: It's Not Just for Servers Anymore (Wired)

Posted Jul 27, 2007 21:38 UTC (Fri) by tzafrir (subscriber, #11501)
In reply to: Linux: It's Not Just for Servers Anymore (Wired) by mbottrell
Parent article: Linux: It's Not Just for Servers Anymore (Wired)

$ wc /boot/config-2.6.18-4-686
3535 5342 70781 /boot/config-2.6.18-4-686

There are enough configuration choices already. Kindly ask your distribution to provide you a kernel that is optimized for the desktop and one that is optimized for the server (or build an optimized one yourself). Then you could apply specific optimizations to each type.

Any specific example of an optimization that is good for the desktop and not for the server or vice-versa?

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Linux: It's Not Just for Servers Anymore (Wired)

Posted Jul 27, 2007 21:49 UTC (Fri) by einstein (subscriber, #2052) [Link]

> Any specific example of an optimization that is good for the desktop and not for the server or vice-versa?

Sure, for starters, things like HZ=1000

In general, anything that touches on latency-vs-throughput considerations, and such ideas as priority boost for the GUI, to make the OS "feel" more responsive.

Linux: It's Not Just for Servers Anymore (Wired)

Posted Jul 27, 2007 22:41 UTC (Fri) by pheldens (guest, #19366) [Link]

CONFIG_PREEMPT