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  1. Bug #131094
  2. Comment #361

Comment 361 for bug 131094

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Rocko (rockorequin) wrote :

Yes, the stock 2.6.36 kernel (which is in the weekly builds linked to in comment #358), has a patch to improve responsiveness (this is from http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_36):

1.7. Improve VM-related desktop responsiveness

There are some cases where a desktop system could be really unresponsive while doing things such as writing to a very slow USB storage device and some memory pressure. This release includes a small patch that improves the VM heuristics to solve this problem.

ie it helps improve responsiveness for a particular case.

FWIW, I haven't noticed any major desktop slowdowns on my system with 2.6.36 over the last 6 days.