[ Thanks to Michael Larabel for
this link. ]
“The release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS “Lucid Lynx” is
quickly approaching next month and it will arrive with a whole set
of new features and improvements including a faster boot process, a
long-awaited new theme, the Nouveau driver to replace the crippled
xf86-video-nv driver, the unveiling of the Ubuntu One Music Store,
integration of Plymouth, Ubuntu ARM advancements, and many other
advancements for this Linux distribution. While it may not be as
exciting as looking at these new end-user features, in this article
we are testing out the available kernels for Ubuntu 10.04. Besides
the standard Linux 2.6.32 kernel used in the Lucid release, there
is also a specialized server kernel as well as a new -preempt
kernel is now available. We are looking at how these different
kernels perform and how they compare to the mainline Linux kernels
with the 2.6.32, 2.6.33, and 2.6.34-rc1 releases.“When it comes to the kernel configurations, several items
separate the Ubuntu server kernel from the default. Among the
configuration changes is the server kernel uses the Deadline
scheduler…”