[GLLUG] System optimizations

[Thomas Hruska]

Caleb Cushing wrote:
> I don't know if you got my email prior but I can't make it to that meeting
> it's the last day of class. still hoping it's just like every does a 5
> minute here's my favorite optimiztion or trick. If I were coming I would do
> data journaling for ext3. I might be able to make it depending on schedule
> that night for class but I can't guarantee. I can give someon resources for
> my optimization if they want to cover it. theres a one page-ish guide? 
> um...
> hdparm should be covered... maybe jeff was doing that. if anyone knows
> tricks for sata and scsi it would be nice. specially sata. compiler
> optimizations and how to do them... and what's safe (not sure if it should
> be covered) I fear ricers. um... maybe cron jobs that help with
> something?any kernel tricks...  just throwing around idea's whatever people
> do that make there lives easier in linux. even window manager tricks would

Well, if you want to make your life easier, don't bother using a 
computer and move to a beach in some country where the cost of living is 
just a couple cents per day.  Or you could move off the planet entirely 
to another world where money has no meaning and you just work to enrich 
yourself.


> be good. setting up keyboard shortcuts... maybe even a windows, bsd, unix,
> mac OSX tricks if that will get more people to share.

Oooh!  Taskbar on the left!

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