Linux users want better desktop performance (Screw data. Prioritize code)

[drago01]

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Bill Nottingham <notting at redhat.com> wrote:
> Colin Walters (walters at verbum.org) said:
>> > http://rudd-o.com/en/linux-and-free-software/tales-from-responsivenessland-why-linux-feels-slow-and-how-to-fix-that
>> >
>> > What is you comment?
>>
>> I think if someone proposed a patch which tweaked some kernel
>> parameters as part of the desktop kickstart, it'd be reasonable to
>> consider.  I'd definitely agree with him that the default desktop
>> installation should be tuned for responsiveness over throughput.
>
> Well, we could just turn off swap entirely, which obviates the issue
> (at the expense of other issues.)
>

merge the swap prefetch patch (upstream)