Re: kernels: i386 vs optimized

2006-04-06 Thread Andreas Rippl
On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 07:30:07AM -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Chris Bannister wrote: > > >On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 09:26:13AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > > >>drifting OT, but to help improve your "snappiness" try some of the > >>lightwieght WM's (like IceWM) or a tiled one like

Re: kernels: i386 vs optimized

2006-04-04 Thread B.Hoffmann
On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 07:30 -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: > Chris Bannister wrote: > > >On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 09:26:13AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > > >>drifting OT, but to help improve your "snappiness" try some of the > >>lightwieght WM's (like IceWM) or a tiled one like WMII w

Re: kernels: i386 vs optimized

2006-04-04 Thread Marc Shapiro
Chris Bannister wrote: On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 09:26:13AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: drifting OT, but to help improve your "snappiness" try some of the lightwieght WM's (like IceWM) or a tiled one like WMII which I'm really starting to like. Or even fvwm. Check it out - very

Re: kernels: i386 vs optimized

2006-04-03 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 09:26:13AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > drifting OT, but to help improve your "snappiness" try some of the > lightwieght WM's (like IceWM) or a tiled one like WMII which I'm really > starting to like. Or even fvwm. Check it out - very lightweight - very configura

Re: kernels: i386 vs optimized

2006-04-03 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, 01 Apr 2006 18:23:32 +0100 "B.Hoffmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 10:44 -0600, Chance Platt wrote: > > > The feeling of responsiveness on the desktop... but more how > > quickly the menus snap down and their dialogs to appear. For these > > kinds of things, the o

Re: kernels: i386 vs optimized

2006-04-01 Thread Chance Platt
On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 18:23 +0100, B.Hoffmann wrote: > On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 10:44 -0600, Chance Platt wrote: > > > The feeling of responsiveness on the desktop... but more how > > quickly the menus snap down and their dialogs to appear. For these > > kinds of things, the optimized binary makes a

Re: kernels: i386 vs optimized

2006-04-01 Thread B.Hoffmann
On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 10:44 -0600, Chance Platt wrote: > The feeling of responsiveness on the desktop... but more how > quickly the menus snap down and their dialogs to appear. For these > kinds of things, the optimized binary makes a marked improvement. > > chance > > > True, this feels a l

Re: kernels: i386 vs optimized

2006-04-01 Thread Chance Platt
On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 10:12 -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > B.Hoffmann wrote: > > On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 12:09 +0100, B.Hoffmann wrote: > > > >>Hello, > >>I imagine the performance gain will probably be negligible on a desktop > >>at home, or are there other benefits like better media support?

Re: kernels: i386 vs optimized

2006-04-01 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
B.Hoffmann wrote: > On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 12:09 +0100, B.Hoffmann wrote: > >>Hello, >>I imagine the performance gain will probably be negligible on a desktop >>at home, or are there other benefits like better media support? >> >>Thanks again. >> > > > > Not to worry, I'll just try out if it act

Re: kernels: i386 vs optimized

2006-04-01 Thread B.Hoffmann
On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 12:09 +0100, B.Hoffmann wrote: > Hello, > I imagine the performance gain will probably be negligible on a desktop > at home, or are there other benefits like better media support? > > Thanks again. > Not to worry, I'll just try out if it actually makes a difference on a 99

kernels: i386 vs optimized

2006-04-01 Thread B.Hoffmann
Hello, forgive my uneducated question, but what exactly is the benefit of using a K6 kernel instead of i386? I imagine the performance gain will probably be negligible on a desktop at home, or are there other benefits like better media support? Thanks again. Kind Regards, B.Hoffmann Linux Use