Tonight I booted back into normal kernel and immediately noticed the "lack of snappiness". I wish I had a way of measuring this... because to the human eye it is actually very obvious that the Zen kernel I built and use is much more responsive (or at least gives you the impression it is) than the standard kernel.
It is probably because the standard kernel is geared toward more generic use, which could include server use... while the zen kernel is geared toward a desktop/single-user system.
Whatever the case may be, the difference is very obvious.
On a less favorable note, I don't know what happens whenever I update Fedora, but it seems to corrupt my grub boot process. It happened today and I was certain I would have to rebuild, but I booted into Pop!_OS off of my thumb drive and it seemed to fix the problem, somehow. When I then rebooted, grub did not fail and I was able to select my custom kernel and boot. It is very strange.
Friday, November 22, 2019
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Zen kernel on Fedora 31 part 2
Since building my zen/muqss kernel and running on my Fedora 31 build I have noticed a couple of interesting things.
1. Memory usage seems to be lower in general, however it no longer caches as much in RAM.
2. CPU usage seems a little higher in general and most noticeable is the NVidia queue thread. I had read that some people were seeing that, especially with composition pipeline enabled (I have comp-pipe enabled but not full force comp-pipe). I do not remember seeing this at all prior to building the zen kernel. So I find it interesting. Supposedly if I uncheck the comp pipeline switches it will come down. Not worried about it though. Kworker threads seem a little more active as well.
It does seem a little snappier. But since I did not run any kind of tests before hand that is heresay.
Anyway, I will write more if I have time....
1. Memory usage seems to be lower in general, however it no longer caches as much in RAM.
2. CPU usage seems a little higher in general and most noticeable is the NVidia queue thread. I had read that some people were seeing that, especially with composition pipeline enabled (I have comp-pipe enabled but not full force comp-pipe). I do not remember seeing this at all prior to building the zen kernel. So I find it interesting. Supposedly if I uncheck the comp pipeline switches it will come down. Not worried about it though. Kworker threads seem a little more active as well.
It does seem a little snappier. But since I did not run any kind of tests before hand that is heresay.
Anyway, I will write more if I have time....
Zen Kernel on Fedora 31
OK, I know this is geeky and ridiculous but... I DID IT! :D :D :D
I downloaded the zen kernel sources, snagged the fedora config, and based on some instructions from 2011 was able to build my own ZEN KERNEL!
Sorry, I am just pumped by this. I honestly didn't expect it to build, then I didn't expect it to work and, at first, it did not because it did not automatically generate an initrd image. Read how to do that, built my own and BOOM. Here it is. I am pretty sure I overbuilt it and it is large, takes longer to load. But it DOES and it is even working with my Nvidia driver.
Seriously... this is the best thing I have done in weeks. Gives me a little bit of geek pride when I thought all my geekiness had fled me.
Anyway, thanks for reading!
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
The Bible in History
Just a short post on the Bible.
Did you know the Bible is more historically close to its source than other historical documents? Even atheist historians believe that the New Testament writings began no later than 5 years after the death of Jesus.
Compare it to historical documents about other historical figures. Check it out for yourself.
Did you know the Bible is more historically close to its source than other historical documents? Even atheist historians believe that the New Testament writings began no later than 5 years after the death of Jesus.
Compare it to historical documents about other historical figures. Check it out for yourself.
Saturday, November 9, 2019
MX Linux 19
Just to keep things fresh and frosty... I have reinstalled MX Linux (breaking my Windows 10 Installation in the process... oh well).
As it has always been, it is a fine distribution. I ran into issues attempting to install as a reiser4 file system, so allowed it to shift to ext4. That's fine, it just adds a little more stress to the SSD that is my system disk.
I got NVIDIA drivers and other non-free drivers installed right away (as MX makes it super simple to do) and even got liquorix kernel 5.3 installed... that did break my NVIDIA graphics but I just reinstalled with the latest version (when you activate NVIDIA it asks "The main version we have or another, newer version?" Initially I selected the main version, so it was an older driver that did not jive with the kernel).
MX does a great job of populating its default theme throughout most apps. My browsers, editors and other apps all have that same, grey-ish feeling. I like it.
Xfce 4.14 is nice, visually nothing much is apparent but it does have some fresh options and integrations. Reminds me, the newest default theme has fine borders around it now, making it easier to resize windows. That was always a pain with MX.
Runs smoothly, all my favorite development and gaming applications work, it is snappy, customizable, just a great overall distribution.
As it has always been, it is a fine distribution. I ran into issues attempting to install as a reiser4 file system, so allowed it to shift to ext4. That's fine, it just adds a little more stress to the SSD that is my system disk.
I got NVIDIA drivers and other non-free drivers installed right away (as MX makes it super simple to do) and even got liquorix kernel 5.3 installed... that did break my NVIDIA graphics but I just reinstalled with the latest version (when you activate NVIDIA it asks "The main version we have or another, newer version?" Initially I selected the main version, so it was an older driver that did not jive with the kernel).
MX does a great job of populating its default theme throughout most apps. My browsers, editors and other apps all have that same, grey-ish feeling. I like it.
Xfce 4.14 is nice, visually nothing much is apparent but it does have some fresh options and integrations. Reminds me, the newest default theme has fine borders around it now, making it easier to resize windows. That was always a pain with MX.
Runs smoothly, all my favorite development and gaming applications work, it is snappy, customizable, just a great overall distribution.
Sunday, November 3, 2019
On Climate
Look, I don't doubt humans polluting our atmosphere might contribute to climate change.
I do, however, have a HUGE problem with the mass hysteria associated with this. So I want to lay out a couple of things for people to chew on.
1. 55 million years ago the average temperature was about 16 or more degrees CENTIGRADE (not Fahrenheit) warmer. That's a LOT.
2. We are currently in one of the COLDEST periods in Earth's history.
So... why the hysteria? Who is pushing this "agenda" of climate change? Even scientific research done by respectable institutions will say things like this:
"We show from paleoclimate data that the eventual global warming due to doubled CO2 will be about 3°C (5.4°F) when only so-called fast feedbacks have responded to the forcing. Fast feedbacks are changes of quantities such as atmospheric water vapor and clouds, which change as climate changes, thus amplifying or diminishing climate change. Fast feedbacks come into play as global temperature changes, so their full effect is delayed several centuries by the thermal inertia of the ocean, which slows full climate response. However, about half of the fast-feedback climate response is expected to occur within a few decades. Climate response time is one of the important 'details' that climate models help to elucidate."
Please NOTE the effect of man's potential interference. 3C.
Life survived and THRIVED when the average global temperature was 16C warmer.
So for the love of everything sane, PLEASE STOP! STOP IT.
Climate is far more complex that most people realize. It is a combination of ocean, air, solar and other influences and OUR influence is the least of these things. Continental drift alone has manipulated climate over the history of our planet.
Seriously. Please. Just STOP it.
Now, if you want to find something to be concerned about, look at the effects of pollution on LIFE, not on temperature. The effects are FAR more devastating. Do the research yourself. Research amphibians to start, then check out respiratory ailments over the past couple hundreds of years. It will be upsetting... but it is far more important than a minor temperature fluctuation.
I do, however, have a HUGE problem with the mass hysteria associated with this. So I want to lay out a couple of things for people to chew on.
1. 55 million years ago the average temperature was about 16 or more degrees CENTIGRADE (not Fahrenheit) warmer. That's a LOT.
2. We are currently in one of the COLDEST periods in Earth's history.
So... why the hysteria? Who is pushing this "agenda" of climate change? Even scientific research done by respectable institutions will say things like this:
"We show from paleoclimate data that the eventual global warming due to doubled CO2 will be about 3°C (5.4°F) when only so-called fast feedbacks have responded to the forcing. Fast feedbacks are changes of quantities such as atmospheric water vapor and clouds, which change as climate changes, thus amplifying or diminishing climate change. Fast feedbacks come into play as global temperature changes, so their full effect is delayed several centuries by the thermal inertia of the ocean, which slows full climate response. However, about half of the fast-feedback climate response is expected to occur within a few decades. Climate response time is one of the important 'details' that climate models help to elucidate."
Please NOTE the effect of man's potential interference. 3C.
Life survived and THRIVED when the average global temperature was 16C warmer.
So for the love of everything sane, PLEASE STOP! STOP IT.
Climate is far more complex that most people realize. It is a combination of ocean, air, solar and other influences and OUR influence is the least of these things. Continental drift alone has manipulated climate over the history of our planet.
Seriously. Please. Just STOP it.
Now, if you want to find something to be concerned about, look at the effects of pollution on LIFE, not on temperature. The effects are FAR more devastating. Do the research yourself. Research amphibians to start, then check out respiratory ailments over the past couple hundreds of years. It will be upsetting... but it is far more important than a minor temperature fluctuation.
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