Grendel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Arne Vogel uttered the following immortal words, > >> TriKster Abacus wrote: >> >> > Either way, these 2.6.X zealots are full of crap! >> >> >> I could probably write a small essay over the difference between speed >> and responsiveness, but I think I'll just plonk you. >> >> PS: "tar xjf linux-x.y.z.tbz2" made my system basically unusable for >> half a minute under 2.4.24. No longer under 2.6.1. > > > Yes but it would have taken a longer time to complete. Improved > resposiveness means that the cpu power must have been diverted away from > the tar process to other processes more in 2.6 than 2.4 right?
Yes. Try using lower nice values for your ripping. -- Matthew Kennedy Gentoo Linux Developer Bugs go to http://bugs.gentoo.org!
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