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TheCosmicFrog
December 23rd, 2010, 10:26 PM
Hi everyone,

Just a quick question. Does the latest Linux kernel update for Ubuntu (2.6.35-24) contain the infamous "10 times faster" patch?

This is the patch I'm referring to:
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/210966/tiny_linux_kernel_patch_delivers_huge_speed_boost. html

I know in the article it says we have to wait until 2.6.38, but since I'm very unfamiliar with Linux kernel development, I just thought I'd ask.

If not, should I just go about updating myself? Or is it better to be safe and stick with the kernel version in the Ubuntu repositories?

Thanks and happy holidays,
Aaron

davidmohammed
December 23rd, 2010, 11:09 PM
best wait - saying that though - some people claim that this alternative (http://www.webupd8.org/2010/11/alternative-to-200-lines-kernel-patch.html) works as well.

TheCosmicFrog
December 23rd, 2010, 11:30 PM
best wait - saying that though - some people claim that this alternative (http://www.webupd8.org/2010/11/alternative-to-200-lines-kernel-patch.html) works as well.

I read about that. It came from a Red Hat developer, correct? Apparently Linus gave him a pretty hard time for it - felt it was pretty uncalled for.

Have you tried this yourself?

davidmohammed
December 23rd, 2010, 11:33 PM
no - I'm not convinced it will improve matters for me since I use a single processor. I believe that the kernel patch and this patch is for dual cores and better.

Willing to be proved wrong though if someone can decipher those instructions.

TheCosmicFrog
December 23rd, 2010, 11:35 PM
Have a Core 2 Duo myself. A little weary of applying this non-kernel patch though. If something goes wrong and I want to remove it later I doubt it'll be too easy :/

oldos2er
December 24th, 2010, 12:21 AM
You can try https://launchpad.net/~chogydan/+archive/ppa?field.series_filter=maverick