Messages in this thread | | | From | Bill Huey <> | Date | Sat, 2 Sep 2000 17:10:05 -0700 (PDT) |
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John,
> Hi, this is just a short no-statistics testimony that Rik's VM patch > to test8-pre1 seems much improved over test7. I have a UP P200 with 40Mb, > and previously running KDE2 + mozilla was totally unusable.
> With the patch, things run much more smoothly. Interactive feel seems > better, and I don't have "swapping holidays" any more.
> Heavily stressing it by g++ is better as well... > > just a data point, > john
Yes, it kicks butt and it finally (just about) removes the final Linux kernel showstopper for recent kernels. ;-)
I did a GNOME + KDE2 + c++ compile since I've been doing port work and I have similar experiences.
bill
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