tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2796911520352292695.post3311110124343448804..comments2023-11-03T13:53:59.204+05:30Comments on My experiments with Linux: Optimizing libc6 package for core2 in Ubuntu/MintSankaranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113731955405376903noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2796911520352292695.post-8493441384168664902015-11-19T22:43:36.485+05:302015-11-19T22:43:36.485+05:30Article was published long ago, not sure about sys...Article was published long ago, not sure about sysv, now it maynot at all be relevant as distributions are using systemdSankaranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05113731955405376903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2796911520352292695.post-76169680448262530492015-11-19T21:35:23.694+05:302015-11-19T21:35:23.694+05:30Does sysv-rc-conf not give you enough control over...Does sysv-rc-conf not give you enough control over services?Turbinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293303128964482039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2796911520352292695.post-79127455752009933352012-12-09T01:43:35.404+05:302012-12-09T01:43:35.404+05:30Oh, thank you, then I am not alone in getting a fe...Oh, thank you, then I am not alone in getting a feeling of too much dependencies and not so easy to touch anything feeling.<br /><br />Yes, I remember, debian based mint I had tried earlier, it is incredibly fast.Sankaranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05113731955405376903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2796911520352292695.post-73221862875059187432012-12-09T01:39:56.946+05:302012-12-09T01:39:56.946+05:30No, no
I do not think your answer was harsh
I th...No, no<br /><br />I do not think your answer was harsh<br /><br />I think you make a point<br /><br />In fact it is becoming incredibly difficult to tweak optimize an ubuntu system nowadays<br /><br />especially because the "chain" of dependencies which make sometimes even little changes and known-to-be armless impossible to apply<br /><br />In that respect debian based mint seems an algarueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561179957116908785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2796911520352292695.post-43918655740367612702012-12-09T01:33:51.501+05:302012-12-09T01:33:51.501+05:30Sorry that was my rant/opinion, discard it as it w...Sorry that was my rant/opinion, discard it as it was bit harshSankaranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05113731955405376903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2796911520352292695.post-87440952211196219802012-12-09T01:30:33.251+05:302012-12-09T01:30:33.251+05:30I don't know how they compiled, but you can...I don't know how they compiled, but you can't switch off any services in Ubuntu easily, take for example pulseaudio, can you get rid of it? Slackware does not have it!!<br /><br />Or take for example the removing of tracking app see my earlier article <a href="http://duopetalflower.blogspot.in/2012/05/this-is-how-i-removed-logging-from.html" rel="nofollow">How I removed logging from Sankaranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05113731955405376903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2796911520352292695.post-9987325556308829612012-12-08T22:51:22.110+05:302012-12-08T22:51:22.110+05:30To be honest, opensuse I did not try, but mentione...To be honest, opensuse I did not try, but mentioned to you the claims on their website.<br /><br />What do you think underlies the faster speed of slackware apart from the less services?<br /><br />How they compiled the distro?<br /><br />Because in a way, simply switching off services in ubuntu should achieve similar resultsalgarueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561179957116908785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2796911520352292695.post-11144247097843622502012-12-08T09:40:22.261+05:302012-12-08T09:40:22.261+05:30Also openSUSE and Fedora uses a different libc, de...Also openSUSE and Fedora uses a different libc, debian/Ubuntu/Mint uses eglibc (embedded libc)<br /><br />Further, openSUSE they have preemptive 1000 HZ kernel, just not the libc optimization. If you think openSUSE is fast, just try slackware, it is plain, no services running except the ones you want and runs like a speedy beastSankaranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05113731955405376903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2796911520352292695.post-75829845657349256432012-12-08T00:50:19.328+05:302012-12-08T00:50:19.328+05:30I am tempted anyway, since it is one of the claims...I am tempted anyway, since it is one of the claims on the opensuse website<br /><br />to clarify,<br /><br />they say that they could manage to majorly speed up the system by recompiling libc with certain options<br /><br />they do not say which, probably it is not processor specific, since the distro is made for generic hardware...<br /><br />it seems that there is some powerful switch hidden algarueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561179957116908785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2796911520352292695.post-84479844490745426422012-12-07T20:54:06.650+05:302012-12-07T20:54:06.650+05:30It was fast and I was using for sometime, but I di...It was fast and I was using for sometime, but I did something and deleted some files by mistake, eventually Ubuntu did not boot, so reinstalled<br /><br />I can tell it is not worth the time and effort, if you have lots of spare time you could trySankaranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05113731955405376903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2796911520352292695.post-52579530126488446752012-12-07T18:03:54.072+05:302012-12-07T18:03:54.072+05:30Did you really notice any performace boost after r...Did you really notice any performace boost after recompiling an optimized libc?<br /><br />algarueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561179957116908785noreply@blogger.com