I switched to deadline on the fly during a file transfer to USB and noticed an immediate difference in the system responsiveness, though the operations didn't seem to change their data rate, the screen started updating and the system was much more usable. Definitely closer to what I'd expect from a quad-core machine with 4 GB of RAM...
-- CFQ may not be the right choice of i/o scheduler for the most common desktop systems https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/427210 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
