Comments on: How To Make Ubuntu Linux Faster http://devnulled.com/content/2007/01/how-to-make-ubuntu-linux-faster/ devnulled provides news, tips, resources, and articles about various topics that software developers and engineers enjoy. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:43:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: A.Lizard http://devnulled.com/content/2007/01/how-to-make-ubuntu-linux-faster/#comment-78296 A.Lizard Sun, 25 Mar 2007 08:14:56 +0000 http://devnulled.com/content/2007/01/how-to-make-ubuntu-linux-faster/#comment-78296 I just tried CONCURRENCY=SHELL on my AMD Athlon64 3500+ box with Biostar GeForce 6100AM2... seems to work fine, even after I did the latest grub update... it's booting noticeably faster. I also have a LiveCD within reach and a note posted around my computer on how to undo this change if the box does start hanging on boot. I just tried CONCURRENCY=SHELL on my AMD Athlon64 3500+ box with Biostar GeForce 6100AM2… seems to work fine, even after I did the latest grub update… it’s booting noticeably faster.

I also have a LiveCD within reach and a note posted around my computer on how to undo this change if the box does start hanging on boot.

]]> By: Brandon Harper http://devnulled.com/content/2007/01/how-to-make-ubuntu-linux-faster/#comment-60003 Brandon Harper Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:42:46 +0000 http://devnulled.com/content/2007/01/how-to-make-ubuntu-linux-faster/#comment-60003 Given your configuration, I'd say it's probably an isolated case. Honestly it seems like Linux hasn't been very friendly to AMD lately, so I've been back in Intel-land for the past several years. Given your configuration, I’d say it’s probably an isolated case. Honestly it seems like Linux hasn’t been very friendly to AMD lately, so I’ve been back in Intel-land for the past several years.

]]> By: Juan http://devnulled.com/content/2007/01/how-to-make-ubuntu-linux-faster/#comment-59940 Juan Sat, 27 Jan 2007 16:49:17 +0000 http://devnulled.com/content/2007/01/how-to-make-ubuntu-linux-faster/#comment-59940 I run MEPIS, which is a direct offshoot of Ubuntu, on a new machine with an AMD dual-core processor. Having a dual-core, I thought I'd try the tweak that supposedly takes advantage of it by modifying /etc/init.d/rc to set Concurrency=shell. That "tweak" made my system unbootable. It kept restarting GRUB after it was 25% through the boot process. Fortunately, I was able to rescue my system using the SimplyMEPIS Live CD by logging in as root and setting Concurrency=none. That's one of the nice thing about MEPIS -- it allows you to fix things you screw up. Bottom line: I wouldn't try any of the other "improvements" mentioned in that article, nor would I recommend them to anyone else. I run MEPIS, which is a direct offshoot of Ubuntu, on a new machine with an AMD dual-core processor. Having a dual-core, I thought I’d try the tweak that supposedly takes advantage of it by modifying /etc/init.d/rc to set Concurrency=shell. That “tweak” made my system unbootable. It kept restarting GRUB after it was 25% through the boot process. Fortunately, I was able to rescue my system using the SimplyMEPIS Live CD by logging in as root and setting Concurrency=none. That’s one of the nice thing about MEPIS — it allows you to fix things you screw up.

Bottom line: I wouldn’t try any of the other “improvements” mentioned in that article, nor would I recommend them to anyone else.

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