Alternative To the 200-Line Linux Kernel Patch 402
climenole writes "Phoronix recently published an article regarding a ~200 line Linux Kernel patch that improves responsiveness under system strain. Well, Lennart Poettering, a Red Hat developer, replied to Linus Torvalds on a mailing list with an alternative to this patch that does the same thing yet all you have to do is run 2 commands and paste 4 lines in your ~/.bashrc file."
Ah the beauty of the interconnected world... (Score:1, Funny)
You spend weeks coming up with a solution, get posted on slashdot, and then some smartass hadoukens the shit out of it with simpler solution a few days later ^^
old-school (Score:3, Funny)
I heard that if you stick a penny to the top of your case it speeds up everything by 200%.
Re:What's the catch? (Score:5, Funny)
I didn't see any Try's, so I don't think so.
Whee... (Score:5, Funny)
Man, after reading some of that thread, those folks in kernel development make Slashdot users seem downright well-mannered.
Re:old-school (Score:5, Funny)
I heard that if you stick a penny to the top of your case it speeds up everything by 200%.
Racing stripes do the same thing and are much prettier.
Re:What's the catch? (Score:5, Funny)
You can only put a try on the 22nd catch.
Re:old-school meet olds kool (Score:1, Funny)
Use the TURBO button!
Re:What's the catch? (Score:4, Funny)
So the 22nd catch is the exception?
Re:old-school (Score:3, Funny)
They don't make the kind of tape that makes that work any more.
DOes it really make any difference (Score:2, Funny)
With my new 100/100mbit broadband, and the fastest SSD, and this hack, I'm not sure I'm noticing anything ;O
Re:4 Lines Is Not All. Let's Not Forget... (Score:3, Funny)
I still use csh(1), you insensitive clod!
Re:Also from the article (Score:5, Funny)
I don't believe that it causes any servers to come into existence.
Re:What's the catch? (Score:2, Funny)
I tried that it didn't catch on...
Re:How does this work? (Score:5, Funny)
Gooooooood make -j64 whatever.
Roll over!
People come up with the oddest names for their pets sometimes.
Re:DOes it really make any difference (Score:4, Funny)
But animals within range of your home, did, at the slightest instant, raise their heads and went, WTF was that??
Re:How does this work? (Score:5, Funny)
Thanks for the nice words about LWN! Here's a special link to the LWN article [lwn.net] on per-tty group scheduling for Slashdot folks. Hopefully a few of you will like what you see and decide to subscribe.
You've got a per-tty mouth.
Re:4 Lines Is Not All. Let's Not Forget... (Score:5, Funny)
So then why is your UID so high?
I will get off your lawn now.
Re:Also from the article (Score:3, Funny)
whereas "invoke-rc.d apache2 start"...
Re:Poettering is pimping systemd (Score:4, Funny)
"Has Linux ever had a stable sound system?"
Yes, when it did not supported sound.
I Just Paint My Case Red (Score:3, Funny)
Every grot knows da red onez go fasta!
Re:While the bashrc approach may seem attractive (Score:3, Funny)
True, though it could be done at the distro level, which appears to be the author's plans (the person who wrote this script works for Red Hat, and discussed elsewhere in the thread what Red Hat's plans are for rolling out systemd [freedesktop.org], which will handle this). Then things would be appropriately updated by the maintainers rather than relying on users to keep their .bashrc synced with infrastructure changes.
I understand what you're saying and agree. The problem I have is with your userid. 597. Users with IDs as low as this are mythical. Kind of like unicorns or maybe even grues; they are creatures of the imagination. Users with sub-1000 user ids are DANGEROUS. They say stuff that most often makes sense and this can be mesmerising. They do this to lure us into the trees to have intercourse with sirens of the forest, I have heard. Your post is an incredible example of the delirium that can ensue when magical beings make posts. Your post also contains NO REFERENCE TO MICROSOFT. This is indeed disturbing and should set alarm bells ringing. I would not be surprised to be able to type "open letterbox" in your post and see an envelope containing a letter or note.
Re:old-school (Score:4, Funny)
Two words:
Speed Holes.
Re:Also from the article (Score:5, Funny)
I've read your comment several times and each time I hear the voice of comic book guy from the simpsons in my head. I'm not trying to be rude so I'm hoping you're not offended by this. I think it has to do with the "no, incorrect" part that your comment starts with.
Re:Also from the article (Score:5, Funny)
Agreed. The last thing the Kernel team needs to worry about is improving the Kernel. D:
Re:What's the catch? (Score:3, Funny)