[Gllug] Tuning the CPU scheduler

Alex Smith alex at alexsmith.org
Tue Oct 27 14:45:07 UTC 2009


- Tethys wrote:
> Basically, modern day Linux sucks, and I'm fed up with it. In the
> past, I could, y'know, do multiple things at once and the machine
> coped just fine. Now, though, any time you open multiple images in
> GIMP, switch to a different tab in Firefox, or even just bring a
> window to the front or any number of other not particularly taxing
> tasks, the machine shows noticeable lag. Windows don't redraw for a
> few seconds, music playback sometimes stutters, and other undesirable
> symptoms.


Not that I don't enjoy a moan about the good old days - but are you sure 
it's the kernel that's the issue - not the applications you're using? 
What multiple things was it, in said past, that you could do?
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