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[Tim Wells <timnwells@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm happy to post some results with standard and custom kernels on my
hardware when I get some time spare to run some tests, if this is an
appropriate forum for that.

On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 6:57 AM, Alan Jenkins
<alan.james.jenkins@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> 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>
>
>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> 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>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 6:49 AM, Alan Jenkins <
>> alan.james.jenkins@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 2009/5/23 Ben Crisford <bcrisford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> Not a bad idea.
>>>>
>>>> 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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