I have a Pentium M (2Ghz) machine running Kubuntu (7.04, 32bit) that I'm using for bioinformatics work, mainly local BLAST searches right now. Its not the fastest thing (I have a search that has been running for 4+ days now), but the budget isn't there for anything better. I'm wondering if there would be any significant improvement in speed if I compiled a kernel for the 686 architecture rather than just use the stock generic one? Anyone have any experience with compiling kernels for BLAST or other CPU intensive applications?
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