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Significant Interactivity Boost in Linux Kernel

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the speed-bump-removal dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Linux kernel team is at it again. Linux creator Linus Torvalds recently proposed a patch to offer interactive processes a boost, greatly benefiting the X desktop, as well as music and movie players. O(1) scheduler author Ingo Molnar merged Linus' patch into his own interactivity efforts, the end result nothing short of amazing... The upcoming 2.6 kernel is looking to be a desktop user's dream come true."

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  1. Simply More Evidence by Montgomery+Burns+III · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That Open source is more progressive than miker$oft

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    'ta
  2. well .. by Thyrhaug · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    another revolution! [...] again :-)

  3. Re:Actually... by esonik · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    We have VNC, why does X need to go through TCP/IP to draw a window?

    Because going through a network is an abstraction. It detaches the job of computing and displaying so that they can be easily implemented on different hardware. Removing this abstraction is a step backwards, esp. if you keep in mind that hardware is getting faster all the time.
    The logical step would be rather to implement the X Server on seperate hardware, i.e. the graphics card.

  4. why worry about the linux kernel, just get Zeta! by Linwood · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Zeta/aka BeOS (not just another re-package, *new*) YellowTAB but slashdot won't let me post about this wonderus OS on the frontpage (or any where), such good guys ..