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Have there been any beneficial changes in the 2.6.24-18 kernel?
I installed it this morning (still using deadline scheduling) and just tried copying six 2GB files within the same ext3 partition. The desktop apps didn't slow down significantly or grey out at all (I was running FF3 RC1, a vmware VM, and Thunderbird). In fact, the "file operations" window greyed out briefly while I was opening a new nautilus window. In the past, the new nautilus window (and FF3 and Thunderbird) used to grey out instead.
So hopefully the new kernel is working better...
I also recently switched to the 32bit kernel, but I don't think the 32bit 2.6.24-17 kernel was any different from the amd64 one with respect to desktop responsiveness under disk I/O load.