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One comment to anyone installing Ubuntu right now -

Make sure you get the server kernel, the default 
(standard) kernel is compiled with some unfortunate
options for the new scheduler - basically anything 
running as root will be prioritised over anything 
else (renicing it won't have an effect).

The classic example would be a backup running as
root (or your package manager updating etc.)

Fix has been accepted, but I'm not sure if it's 
made it's way into the repositories yet.

Tim W

(BTW, This is my first post for those who don't know me)


On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 09:03 +0100, Tom Burton wrote:
> I'm a debian fella, but like to go with Ubuntu because among other  
> things it tends to have more up to date packages.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> T
> 
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> On 4 May 2008, at 22:12, Steve Kirtley wrote:
> 
> > you won't look back :)
> >
> > Tom - what's your distro of choice with Slicehost?
> >
> > On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 10:01 PM, Keir Moffatt <hello at iamkeir.com>  
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Slicehost looks ace! Bookmarked...
> >>
> >> On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Tom Burton <tom at wearebeef.co.uk>  
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> +1 for slicehost exceptionally good
> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------
> >>> Tom Burton - Technical Director
> >>>
> >>> Beef, Bristol
> >>> Digital Thinking & Doing
> >>> www.wearebeef.co.uk | 0117 9711150
> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------
> >>> Latest Project : www.electricdecember.org
> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------
> >>> Registered in UK and Wales
> >>> Company No.: 5868270
> >>> VAT Reg: 879682448
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>> On 20 Feb 2008, at 09:02, Derek Almond wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>>> Many people recommend http://www.bytemark.co.uk/ but I have not
> >>>>>> tried
> >>>>>> them.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>
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> >>>>
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> >>>> an
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