Re: Multi-tasking

[Matej Cepl <ceplm@seznam.cz>]

Leopold Palomo Avellaneda wrote:
> have you tried to compile yourself a kernel. I think that the debian
> packages of kernels have a default behavior of server. From the 2.6
> kernels, there's an option in the multitask about preemptive or server. A
> preemptive kernel has a better "feeling" for the desktop user than the
> server.

Why, oh why I haven't asked this question before (using Linux for almost six
years and never suspected that my kernel configuration is anything than
perfect)? :'(

Thanks a lot, I have recompiled kernel with CONFIG_PREEMPT and it seems to
be really *much* more responsive. Why is this not more popularized?

Best,

Matěj

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