Performance tuning the Fedora Desktop
kardarisk at upnet.gr
kardarisk at upnet.gr
Wed May 5 21:30:42 UTC 2004
On Thursday, 6 May 2004, Will Cohen wrote:
> I work on performance tools at Red Hat. I have been told there is
> interest in tuning the desktop to improve performance. I have a
> number
> of questions to help identify the work needed in this area. I would
> be
> interested in any answers that people have for the following
> questions.
>
>
> What is the set of software in the "Desktop" (executable names
> and/or
> RPM packages)?
>
> What specific performance problems have people observed so far in
> the
> desktop? For example heavy CPU or memory usage by particular
> applications. Another example long latency between event and
> resulting
> action.
>
> What metrics were used to gauged the effect of software changes on
> performance?
>
> What performance tools have people used so far to identify
> performance
> problems with desktop applications?
>
> How well or poorly did the performance tools work in identifying
> the
> performance problem?
>
> Were benchmarks used to test performance of desktop applications?
> If
> so, what type of benchmarks were used (e.g. micro benchmarks or
> measuring the amount of time required to do something in an
> application program)?
>
> Were the benchmarks runnable in batch mode without human
> assistance?
>
>
> -Will
>
>
>
I think that up2date needs an optimization. More info later...
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