Comments on: Tales from responsivenessland: why Linux feels slow, and how to fix that http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland-why-linux-feels-slow-and-how-to-fix-that/ We only do fun stuff. Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:23:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Lobster http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland-why-linux-feels-slow-and-how-to-fix-that/#comment-598550 Lobster Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:52:28 +0000 http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland/#comment-598550 <p>Good tips :) You can speed up a slow dog</p> <p>Or get a breed bred for speed http://puppylinux.org/home/overview</p> Good tips :) You can speed up a slow dog

Or get a breed bred for speed http://puppylinux.org/home/overview

]]> By: Joel http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland-why-linux-feels-slow-and-how-to-fix-that/#comment-469325 Joel Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:53:10 +0000 http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland/#comment-469325 <p>I am eager to try this! I use Ubuntu Gutsy and have only 736MB RAM, and have noticed that sometimes Ubuntu seems slower than it used to be... and the scenarios described seem to tell it exactly as I have seen it.</p> <p>Thanks! Joel A. Burdick</p> I am eager to try this! I use Ubuntu Gutsy and have only 736MB RAM, and have noticed that sometimes Ubuntu seems slower than it used to be… and the scenarios described seem to tell it exactly as I have seen it.

Thanks! Joel A. Burdick

]]> By: Linux: Two Months In | Byzantine Roads http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland-why-linux-feels-slow-and-how-to-fix-that/#comment-468657 Linux: Two Months In | Byzantine Roads Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:39:34 +0000 http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland/#comment-468657 <p>[...] a great article on speeding up the Linux Desktop here. Did the two things it suggested and the system is running faster than it ever did under [...]</p> [...] a great article on speeding up the Linux Desktop here. Did the two things it suggested and the system is running faster than it ever did under [...]

]]> By: dannybuntu http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland-why-linux-feels-slow-and-how-to-fix-that/#comment-447314 dannybuntu Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:28:10 +0000 http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland/#comment-447314 <p>Omg it worked. I have Debian Etch r 3 on a Pentium III 650 Mhz PC with 256 MB SDRAM. I was discouraged by the first test and after the I put in "sysctl -w vm.swappiness=1". But after I did that I tried to run multiple things on my PC and it worked. OMG. The only stupid thing it did not work on was expectedly OOO.org. Hah! Now if you can speed that up...</p> Omg it worked. I have Debian Etch r 3 on a Pentium III 650 Mhz PC with 256 MB SDRAM. I was discouraged by the first test and after the I put in “sysctl -w vm.swappiness=1″. But after I did that I tried to run multiple things on my PC and it worked. OMG. The only stupid thing it did not work on was expectedly OOO.org. Hah! Now if you can speed that up…

]]> By: bonq.net/flipp » Blog Archive » daily del.icio.us 2007-12-05 http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland-why-linux-feels-slow-and-how-to-fix-that/#comment-380460 bonq.net/flipp » Blog Archive » daily del.icio.us 2007-12-05 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:23:09 +0000 http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland/#comment-380460 <p>[...] Tales from responsivenessland: why Linux feels slow, and how to fix that (tags: howto cache sysadmin desktop tuning performance linux) [...]</p> [...] Tales from responsivenessland: why Linux feels slow, and how to fix that (tags: howto cache sysadmin desktop tuning performance linux) [...]

]]> By: ndoko http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland-why-linux-feels-slow-and-how-to-fix-that/#comment-372416 ndoko Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:36:53 +0000 http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland/#comment-372416 <p>I tried your 5 command test</p> <p>sync</p> <p>echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches</p> <p>dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/testfile count=1 bs=900M</p> <p>find / > /dev/null</p> <p>cp /tmp/testfile /tmp/testfile2</p> <p>on Gentoo GNU/Linux on a ASUS A6F notebook with 1 GB of RAM (graphics is shared) and patiently waited until commands finished running. I expected some drop in responsiveness, but unminimizing aplications, openning new tabs in Firefox, running new applications, listing directories etc, and everything responded instantly.</p> I tried your 5 command test

sync

echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/testfile count=1 bs=900M

find / > /dev/null

cp /tmp/testfile /tmp/testfile2

on Gentoo GNU/Linux on a ASUS A6F notebook with 1 GB of RAM (graphics is shared) and patiently waited until commands finished running. I expected some drop in responsiveness, but unminimizing aplications, openning new tabs in Firefox, running new applications, listing directories etc, and everything responded instantly.

]]> By: manmath sahu http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland-why-linux-feels-slow-and-how-to-fix-that/#comment-360927 manmath sahu Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:31:54 +0000 http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland/#comment-360927 <p>Thanks for these geek tricks. I had a performance boost on my pclinuxos 2007 machine.</p> Thanks for these geek tricks. I had a performance boost on my pclinuxos 2007 machine.

]]> By: Billy O'Connor http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland-why-linux-feels-slow-and-how-to-fix-that/#comment-360232 Billy O'Connor Mon, 05 Nov 2007 06:48:25 +0000 http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland/#comment-360232 <p>Slowskies. ;)</p> Slowskies. ;)

]]> By: Artículos de interés Octubre « INFOLINUX http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland-why-linux-feels-slow-and-how-to-fix-that/#comment-357449 Artículos de interés Octubre « INFOLINUX Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:46:44 +0000 http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland/#comment-357449 <p>[...] 4.- Tune up your Linux and make it faster [...]</p> [...] 4.- Tune up your Linux and make it faster [...]

]]> By: Leo S http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland-why-linux-feels-slow-and-how-to-fix-that/#comment-356652 Leo S Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:01:26 +0000 http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland/#comment-356652 <p>I have my swappiness set to the default of 60, and I did the tests you said, but no application code ever got swapped to disk, so there was absolutely no difference between swappiness of 60 or 1.</p> <p>Debian sid, 1gb ram, 512mb swap. Perhaps it is because my swap is so small (never felt the need for more).</p> I have my swappiness set to the default of 60, and I did the tests you said, but no application code ever got swapped to disk, so there was absolutely no difference between swappiness of 60 or 1.

Debian sid, 1gb ram, 512mb swap. Perhaps it is because my swap is so small (never felt the need for more).

]]> By: UbuntuOS » Blog Archive » Podcast 48: Gutsy… Gutsy… http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland-why-linux-feels-slow-and-how-to-fix-that/#comment-350914 UbuntuOS » Blog Archive » Podcast 48: Gutsy… Gutsy… Sun, 21 Oct 2007 01:10:57 +0000 http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland/#comment-350914 <p>[...] Why Linux feels slow, and how to fix that [...]</p> [...] Why Linux feels slow, and how to fix that [...]

]]> By: First configuration steps in Gutsy | The Ubuntu Experience http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland-why-linux-feels-slow-and-how-to-fix-that/#comment-350012 First configuration steps in Gutsy | The Ubuntu Experience Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:00:36 +0000 http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland/#comment-350012 <p>[...] Change following system parameters based on this explanation of cache issues. [...]</p> [...] Change following system parameters based on this explanation of cache issues. [...]

]]> By: Perceived Performance Improvement for Linux Desktop Systems « We are Wokani. Resistance is encouraged. http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland-why-linux-feels-slow-and-how-to-fix-that/#comment-348290 Perceived Performance Improvement for Linux Desktop Systems « We are Wokani. Resistance is encouraged. Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:31:10 +0000 http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland/#comment-348290 <p>[...] I’m thrilled to have found an article describing a simple setting change that will make desktop Linux systems feel much more responsive as we use them.  Keep in mind, I said desktop systems, and not servers.  If you do try the advice [...]</p> [...] I’m thrilled to have found an article describing a simple setting change that will make desktop Linux systems feel much more responsive as we use them.  Keep in mind, I said desktop systems, and not servers.  If you do try the advice [...]

]]> By: » Tales from responsivenessland: why Linux feels slow, and how to fix that « Blog Archive | wanna-be-a-Debian-system-administrator http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland-why-linux-feels-slow-and-how-to-fix-that/#comment-345682 » Tales from responsivenessland: why Linux feels slow, and how to fix that « Blog Archive | wanna-be-a-Debian-system-administrator Tue, 09 Oct 2007 10:07:44 +0000 http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland/#comment-345682 <p>[...] Tales from responsivenessland: why Linux feels slow, and how to fix that [...]</p> [...] Tales from responsivenessland: why Linux feels slow, and how to fix that [...]

]]> By: Magdeblog » Linux tunen http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland-why-linux-feels-slow-and-how-to-fix-that/#comment-345226 Magdeblog » Linux tunen Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:36:06 +0000 http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland/#comment-345226 <p>[...] Zwei Zeilen Code für ein sich schneller anfühlendes Linux. Mal ausprobieren … [...]</p> [...] Zwei Zeilen Code für ein sich schneller anfühlendes Linux. Mal ausprobieren … [...]

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