Speed Machine

[gstuartj]

I'm not having any trouble with my speed, but just out of curiousity, does anyone know of any ways to optimize linux for your hardware, speed up the boot time, etc? I think this would be handy for many.

[sarumont]

Compile a custom kernel, compile everything from scratch (*cough* Gentoo *cough*), disable unneccessary services/daemons, tweak settings for neccessary services/daemons, configure rc scripts to start in parallel on boot, make sure dma is enabled on your hard disks.

Just off the top of my head.

[Hellmasker]

hdparm -d1 /dev/hda

if this hasnt been set by the installer/kernel then its like a 4-20x drive access improvement

[gstuartj]

Good suggestions so far! Let's see if we can keep this up and make a tutorial out of all these tips. I know there are more suggestions out there!

[kkubasik]

gentoo....thats all there is, you want speed, you want a gentoo. (see sarumont) its just nothing but exactly what you want..making it wicked fast.