Bug#512933: linux-image-2.6-686: introduce a linux-image-VERSION-desktop flavor
Package: linux-image-2.6-686
Version: 2.6.26+17
Severity: wishlist
I have a fairly standard laptop configuration which is an IBM T43
ThinkPad.
Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.86GHz
1 GB of RAM
ATI Mobility R300 GPU
With the default linux-image, I get a very sluggish and unresponsive
interaction with my OS when a small list of applications are open
(Eclipse, Firefox, Kontact, Konqueror, Konsole).
I rolled out my own package with the following changes:
CONFIG_HZ_1000=y
CONFIG_SLUB=y
Preemption Model=Desktop
With these settings in place, I'm able to feel a performance improvement
of 2-3 times.
The users can very well roll-out their own custom kernel packages, but
do you guys think it'd make sense to have a linux-image-VERSION-desktop
flavor also ?
A lot of users run Debian on desktops and laptops.
Ritesh
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-custom (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6-686 depends on:
ii linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 2.6.26-13 Linux 2.6.26 image on PPro/Celeron
linux-image-2.6-686 recommends no packages.
linux-image-2.6-686 suggests no packages.
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