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[Alan Jenkins <alan.james.jenkins@xxxxxxxxx>]

We also need to make sure that the improvements are measurable so we will
need to use something like pharonix test suite and latencytop to measure the
improvements. As as someone once said "How do you know what fast is until
you know what is slow".

2009/5/23 Tim Wells <timnwells@xxxxxxxxx>

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> From: Tim Wells <timnwells@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sun, May 24, 2009 at 6:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-gaming] Lets start rocking - idea of spawning ubuntu
> gaming distro?
> To: Alan Jenkins <alan.james.jenkins@xxxxxxxxx>
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> I think building kernels more relevant to gaming hardware is something that
> needs to be looked at. Its great that Ubuntu is supporting older hardware
> but their may be some improvements to be gained by having a kernel compiled
> specifically for a "core 2 quad" or core 2 duo" etc
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> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 6:49 AM, Alan Jenkins <
> alan.james.jenkins@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Can I also suggest we look at tweaking the kernel to see if it can be
>> improved for gaming (maybe a low latency preempting kernel?). I have been
>> thinking about this for a while but am not sure if we will be able to make
>> any major improvements.
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>> 2009/5/23 Ben Crisford <bcrisford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>> Not a bad idea.
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>>> I would be interested in helping if this goes ahead.
>>>
>>> On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Tim Mullins <mullins.tim@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I was wondering what people think of the idea of having a official
>>>> version of Ubuntu designed for Gamers.
>>>>
>>>>    - it would be a DVD filled with the best Open Source Games
>>>>    - it should have Wine built-in and setup as default for exe files
>>>>    - it should have unique look
>>>>    - it should be 36bit & 64bit
>>>>    - the browser should have links and default homepage set to the page
>>>>    for this project/distro & clan sites
>>>>
>>>> Sorry if this idea has already been floated
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>> Tim Mullins
>>>> www.OSGUI.com
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