The Linux desktop is about to get a LOT faster

[Christopher Chan]

On Friday, November 19, 2010 01:17 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 19/11/2010 12:05, Samuel Thurston wrote:
>> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 7:16 AM, Basil Chupin<blchupin at iinet.net.au>   wrote:
>>
>>> On 18/11/2010 16:41, Fred A. Miller wrote:
>>>
>>> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/the-linux-desktop-is-about-to-get-a-lot-faster/10372?tag=nl.e589
>>>
>>> Sorry, but it doesn't do a thing for me.
>>>
>> Can you explain how you know? first that you're certain the patch is
>> enabled on your running kernel and second that you've done LATENCY
>> testing (during a kernel build, or similar overhead situation) to
>> indicate that it doesn't do "a thing"?  Or is this just a feeling that
>> you have?
>>
>
> [pruned]
>
> It matters not a tinker's cuss what I may think.
>
> The point is: what does Linus think about it? And will it be
> incorporated into the currently used kernels?
>

Did you read the article? Linus was like "killer feature" and so on.

HOWEVER

http://www.webupd8.org/2010/11/alternative-to-200-lines-kernel-patch.html

Redhat chap quickly showed a 'work around'. methinks i should be running 
Fedora/Centos.