issue63:labolinux
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TWEET SCREEN FOLKS: Don’t worry, your half-finished project hasn’t been abandoned. Charles will return next month to finish off the Tweet Screen. | TWEET SCREEN FOLKS: Don’t worry, your half-finished project hasn’t been abandoned. Charles will return next month to finish off the Tweet Screen. | ||
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- | Professeur : Je suis vraiment content de ce nouvel ordinateur, mais y a-t-il un moyen d'en obtenir | + | Professeur : Je suis vraiment content de ce nouvel ordinateur, mais y a-t-il un moyen de le rendre |
Moi : Quel système d' | Moi : Quel système d' | ||
- | Professeur : (quelconque) | + | Professeur : (peu importe). |
- | Moi : Mmmm ... Cela ne sera pas facile. | + | Moi : Mmmm... Cela ne sera pas facile. |
Professeur : Pourrai-je continuer à utiliser des documents Office ? | Professeur : Pourrai-je continuer à utiliser des documents Office ? | ||
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- | Comme vous pouvez l' | + | Comme vous pouvez l' |
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- | Ainsi, je voulais | + | Je voulais |
- | A. Existe-t-il une réelle différence de vitesse entre les différents gestionnaires de bureau ? Est-ce une réelle | + | A. Existe-t-il une réelle différence de vitesse entre les différents gestionnaires de bureau ? Est-ce une différence |
- | B. Le processeur et la carte mère ? Quelle influence ont-ils réellement sur la rapidité de l' | + | B. Quid du processeur et de la carte mère ? Quelle influence ont-ils réellement sur la rapidité de l' |
- | C. Les disques durs de portable | + | C. Les disques durs des portables |
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- | Pour répondre à toutes ces questions, j' | + | Pour répondre à toutes ces questions, j' |
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- | C' | + | C' |
- | Le matériel utilisé pour les tests (page précédente) : | + | J'ai fait mon « expérience » avec, principalement, |
- | Bien que l' | + | Le matériel utilisé pour les tests (page précédente) : un Acer Aspire quelque peu âgé, avec (de gauche à droite) son propre disque dur interne SATA-1, une clé USB 2.0 et une carte SDHC de 8 Go classe 10 avec son adaptateur. |
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Le gestionnaire de bureau | Le gestionnaire de bureau | ||
- | Bien qu' | + | Bien qu' |
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The general perception I get – from reading around and my own experience – is that we could probably classify the better-known desktop managers in the following order (from slowest to fastest): | The general perception I get – from reading around and my own experience – is that we could probably classify the better-known desktop managers in the following order (from slowest to fastest): | ||
1. Kubuntu, with the KDE plasma desktop manager. | 1. Kubuntu, with the KDE plasma desktop manager. | ||
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4. Xubuntu, with XFCE 4. | 4. Xubuntu, with XFCE 4. | ||
5. Lubuntu, with LXDE, also a relative newcomer to the playground. | 5. Lubuntu, with LXDE, also a relative newcomer to the playground. | ||
+ | ** | ||
+ | La perception générale que j'ai - de par mes lectures et ma propre expérience - est que nous pourrions probablement classer les gestionnaires de bureaux les plus connus dans l' | ||
+ | 1. Kubuntu, avec le gestionnaire de bureau KDE plasma. | ||
+ | 2. Le gestionnaire de bureau Gnome 3. Il n'est actuellement installé par défaut sur aucune des distributions *buntu (bien qu'il soit le bureau principal pour quelques versions de Linux Mint). | ||
+ | 3. Ubuntu, avec le nouveau gestionnaire Unity. | ||
+ | 4. Xubuntu, avec XFCE 4. | ||
+ | 5. Lubuntu, avec LXDE, nouveau venu dans la cour de récréation. | ||
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+ | ** | ||
So, what truth is there in these user perceptions? | So, what truth is there in these user perceptions? | ||
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It may be interesting to note that the finished system occupied just above 5GB, not that much more than the standard single desktop installation of 3GB. | It may be interesting to note that the finished system occupied just above 5GB, not that much more than the standard single desktop installation of 3GB. | ||
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+ | Bon, quelle vérité y-a-t-il dans ces perceptions des utilisateurs ? J' | ||
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+ | La première étape était de faire une installation standard d' | ||
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+ | sudo aptitude install kubuntu-desktop | ||
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+ | Il peut être intéressant de noter que le système installé occupe à peine plus de 5 Go, pas beaucoup plus que l' | ||
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I could then start measuring boot-up times. Perhaps it should be noted that these times are a combination of: | I could then start measuring boot-up times. Perhaps it should be noted that these times are a combination of: | ||
- the time it takes the kernel (a vanilla 3.2.0) to load, load initrd, and switch roots; | - the time it takes the kernel (a vanilla 3.2.0) to load, load initrd, and switch roots; | ||
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The first three steps are identical in all cases, and add up to about 20-21 seconds on my test hardware. So differences in total boot times are due only to the actual window manager. Total boot times are shown below left. | The first three steps are identical in all cases, and add up to about 20-21 seconds on my test hardware. So differences in total boot times are due only to the actual window manager. Total boot times are shown below left. | ||
+ | ** | ||
+ | Je pouvais alors commencer à mesurer les temps de démarrage. Peut-être faudrait-il noter que ces temps sont une combinaison : | ||
+ | - du temps nécessaire pour charger le noyau (un vanilla 3.2.0), charger initrd et changer de root ; | ||
+ | - du temps nécessaire à l' | ||
+ | - du temps pris par le gestionnaire de fenêtres Xorg pour détecter la carte graphique et changer le mode vidéo et la résolution ; | ||
+ | - et, enfin, du temps qu'il faut au gestionnaire de bureau pour charger ses propres bibliothèques et afficher l' | ||
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+ | Les trois premières étapes sont identiques dans tous les cas et totalisent jusqu' | ||
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+ | ** | ||
As can be seen, the short answer is: yes, the choice of desktop manager is definitely important as regards speed. Basically, I obtained the same type of results as have many others, with Lubuntu and Xubuntu variants of Ubuntu giving rather good results, though with a slight edge for Lubuntu. The standard Unity desktop was a nice surprise, coming in third with a small 6s lag compared to Lubuntu. Gnome 3 still seems to need a bit of tweaking for performance, | As can be seen, the short answer is: yes, the choice of desktop manager is definitely important as regards speed. Basically, I obtained the same type of results as have many others, with Lubuntu and Xubuntu variants of Ubuntu giving rather good results, though with a slight edge for Lubuntu. The standard Unity desktop was a nice surprise, coming in third with a small 6s lag compared to Lubuntu. Gnome 3 still seems to need a bit of tweaking for performance, | ||
+ | ** | ||
+ | Comme on peut le constater, la réponse se résume à : oui, le choix d'un gestionnaire de bureau est sans aucun doute important en ce qui concerne la rapidité. Fondamentalement, | ||
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Please note that these differences are further accentuated on a memory-starved computer. I would not recommend less than 1 GB of RAM for either Gnome or KDE . Boot-up times can easily double with 512 MB of RAM, and the machine is not at all responsive during use. Things are perhaps not quite as dire for Lubuntu or Xubuntu, though the difference is still noticeable. | Please note that these differences are further accentuated on a memory-starved computer. I would not recommend less than 1 GB of RAM for either Gnome or KDE . Boot-up times can easily double with 512 MB of RAM, and the machine is not at all responsive during use. Things are perhaps not quite as dire for Lubuntu or Xubuntu, though the difference is still noticeable. | ||
+ | ** | ||
+ | Notez aussi que ces différences sont accentuées sur un ordinateur limité en mémoire. Je ne recommanderais pas moins de 1 Go de RAM pour Gnome ou KDE. Les temps de démarrage peuvent facilement doubler avec 512 Mo de RAM et la machine ne répond guère à l' | ||
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The Processor And Motherboard | The Processor And Motherboard | ||
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I took the same internal SATA drive from the Aspire, and used it to boot a series of computers with increasingly powerful processors. The first two were laptops, and the last a desktop unit. Boot times are shown below right. | I took the same internal SATA drive from the Aspire, and used it to boot a series of computers with increasingly powerful processors. The first two were laptops, and the last a desktop unit. Boot times are shown below right. | ||
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+ | Le processeur et la carte mère | ||
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+ | Il semblait raisonnable de ne pas accorder beaucoup d' | ||
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+ | J'ai pris le même disque dur interne SATA de l' | ||
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+ | ** | ||
As could be expected, a faster CPU does seem to help boot faster. However, all other variables (hard drive and RAM) being equal, boot times are not that much faster between a single-core mobile Atom processor and the - in theory - more potent desktop dual-core. Based on pure CPU computing power, we should be looking at speed increases to the tune of 110% for the Centrino and 260% for the Dual-core, which is quite visibly not the case. | As could be expected, a faster CPU does seem to help boot faster. However, all other variables (hard drive and RAM) being equal, boot times are not that much faster between a single-core mobile Atom processor and the - in theory - more potent desktop dual-core. Based on pure CPU computing power, we should be looking at speed increases to the tune of 110% for the Centrino and 260% for the Dual-core, which is quite visibly not the case. | ||
This is in fact an interesting development, | This is in fact an interesting development, | ||
+ | ** | ||
+ | Comme on pouvait s'y attendre, un processeur plus rapide semble aider à démarrer plus vite. Cependant, toutes les autres variables (disque dur et RAM) étant identiques, les temps de démarrage ne sont pas tellement plus rapides entre le processeur mobile Atom à simple coeur et le - en théorie - plus puissant double-cœur du PC. Basé sur la puissance du CPU, nous devrions obtenir une augmentation de vitesse de 110 % pour le Centrino et de 260 % pour le double-cœur, | ||
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+ | C'est un fait un point intéressant puisqu' | ||
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+ | ** | ||
As a side-note, perhaps we should remind ourselves that we have just been measuring boot-up times. Our results may or may not be extensible to normal light computing (browsing the Internet, or working with office programs). But they cannot be taken as a valid benchmark for more CPU-intensive tasks such as scientific number-crunching or gaming – areas where CPU speed does make the difference. | As a side-note, perhaps we should remind ourselves that we have just been measuring boot-up times. Our results may or may not be extensible to normal light computing (browsing the Internet, or working with office programs). But they cannot be taken as a valid benchmark for more CPU-intensive tasks such as scientific number-crunching or gaming – areas where CPU speed does make the difference. | ||
+ | ** | ||
+ | Soit dit en passant, peut-être devons-nous nous rappeler que nous avons uniquement mesuré les temps de démarrage. Nos résultats peuvent ou non être étendus à une utilisation légère ordinaire (navigation internet ou travail de bureautique). Mais ils ne peuvent pas être pris comme une mesure de performance valable pour des tâches intensivement consommatrices du processeur, comme les calculs scientifiques ou les jeux, deux domaines où la vitesse du processeur fait la différence. | ||
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The Boot Medium And Partition | The Boot Medium And Partition | ||
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- an external 2.0 USB pendrive; | - an external 2.0 USB pendrive; | ||
- an SD memory card. | - an SD memory card. | ||
+ | ** | ||
+ | Le support de démarrage et la partition | ||
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+ | Comme nous avons trouvé que le processeur et la carte mère ne sont pas si importants que cela pour nos besoins, notre troisième et dernière étape était de voir les effets que les supports physiques pourraient avoir. Comme GNU/Linux est un système d' | ||
+ | - le disque dur interne original, un périphérique SATA 1 ; | ||
+ | - une clé USB 2.0 ; | ||
+ | - une carte mémoire SD. | ||
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Before continuing, perhaps we need to examine further what these are capable of. The actual speed a hard drive is capable of giving us is a combination of bus speed (i.e. its connection with the motherboard), | Before continuing, perhaps we need to examine further what these are capable of. The actual speed a hard drive is capable of giving us is a combination of bus speed (i.e. its connection with the motherboard), | ||
+ | ** | ||
+ | Avant de poursuivre, peut-être devrions-nous examiner plus à fond ce qu'ils peuvent faire. La vitesse réelle d'un disque dur nous donne une combinaison de vitesse de bus (par ex. sa connexion avec la carte mère), la vitesse de transmission sur laquelle s' | ||
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This is why the 1.5 Gb/s (about 150 MB/s) transfer speed of the SATA hard disk is merely theoretical. This is a bus speed, that most current spinning-platter laptop hard disks are incapable of using up completely (solid state disk are another matter). All the more so in our case, when the Acer's motherboard and the hard drive agreed on using the ATA-8 signal protocol, or UDMA/100. This means we are down to, at most, 100 MB/s with this disk. As to physical speed, I have tested the disk at about 83 MB/s, which is not too bad for a 5400rpm unit. | This is why the 1.5 Gb/s (about 150 MB/s) transfer speed of the SATA hard disk is merely theoretical. This is a bus speed, that most current spinning-platter laptop hard disks are incapable of using up completely (solid state disk are another matter). All the more so in our case, when the Acer's motherboard and the hard drive agreed on using the ATA-8 signal protocol, or UDMA/100. This means we are down to, at most, 100 MB/s with this disk. As to physical speed, I have tested the disk at about 83 MB/s, which is not too bad for a 5400rpm unit. | ||
+ | ** | ||
+ | C'est pourquoi le débit de 1,5 Go/s (environ 150 Mo/s) du disque dur SATA est purement théorique. C'est une vitesse de bus, que la plupart des disques durs, à plateau tournant, de portables sont incapables d' | ||
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On the other hand, the SD card uses the appropriate reader hardware, which is connected to the internal USB bus in a similar way to the keyboard and touchpad. But not all SD cards are equal in speed. This was a class-10 unit, guaranteed to give at least 10 MB/s in write speed. Since it has a theoretical USB 2.0 speed limit of about 60 MB/s, we can hypothesize that its read speed is about that figure. To all intents and purposes, this format is equivalent to the more classical USB 2.0 external pendrive. In fact, my USB pendrive has a slower write rating, so I concentrated on the SD and left the pendrive out of the equation. | On the other hand, the SD card uses the appropriate reader hardware, which is connected to the internal USB bus in a similar way to the keyboard and touchpad. But not all SD cards are equal in speed. This was a class-10 unit, guaranteed to give at least 10 MB/s in write speed. Since it has a theoretical USB 2.0 speed limit of about 60 MB/s, we can hypothesize that its read speed is about that figure. To all intents and purposes, this format is equivalent to the more classical USB 2.0 external pendrive. In fact, my USB pendrive has a slower write rating, so I concentrated on the SD and left the pendrive out of the equation. | ||
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+ | D' | ||
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To my mind, the internal hard drive and the SD card represent just about the respective best and worst physical speeds available for our test computer. | To my mind, the internal hard drive and the SD card represent just about the respective best and worst physical speeds available for our test computer. | ||
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The basic hierarchy between desktop managers seems to be respected in all cases. However, it is clear that using a faster drive will help all desktops boot faster. The gain in speed is not quite proportional to theoretical line speed, but it is there nonetheless. That being said, it is also clear that even using the slower SD card (or equivalent USB pen-drive), lightweight desktops such as LXDE can still boot within reasonable times. | The basic hierarchy between desktop managers seems to be respected in all cases. However, it is clear that using a faster drive will help all desktops boot faster. The gain in speed is not quite proportional to theoretical line speed, but it is there nonetheless. That being said, it is also clear that even using the slower SD card (or equivalent USB pen-drive), lightweight desktops such as LXDE can still boot within reasonable times. | ||
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+ | Selon moi, le disque dur interne et la carte SD représentent respectivement la meilleure et la pire vitesse physique disponible pour notre ordinateur de test. | ||
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+ | Parallèlement, | ||
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+ | La hiérarchie de base entre les gestionnaires de bureau semble respectée dans tous les cas. Néanmoins, il est évident que l' | ||
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What is more interesting is the difference in performance between primary and extended partitions on the internal hard drive. We can see that using an extended partition on the internal hard drive is not a Good Idea (TM), since boot speeds of the internal drive actually drop below those of the SD card. This came as a bit of a surprise, and (I think) can be explained only by the fact that the extended partition may require two seek operations each time a read is requested by the system: one to access the primary partition it is hosted in, and the second to actually access data. This is definitely something to bear in mind when we partition our drive. | What is more interesting is the difference in performance between primary and extended partitions on the internal hard drive. We can see that using an extended partition on the internal hard drive is not a Good Idea (TM), since boot speeds of the internal drive actually drop below those of the SD card. This came as a bit of a surprise, and (I think) can be explained only by the fact that the extended partition may require two seek operations each time a read is requested by the system: one to access the primary partition it is hosted in, and the second to actually access data. This is definitely something to bear in mind when we partition our drive. | ||
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+ | Ce qui est plus intéressant est l' | ||
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OK, so if having a fast drive and a fast connection between drive and motherboard is good, what could be better? It seemed reasonable to try using two drives, on two different connections, | OK, so if having a fast drive and a fast connection between drive and motherboard is good, what could be better? It seemed reasonable to try using two drives, on two different connections, | ||
+ | ** | ||
+ | OK, s'il est intéressant d' | ||
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+ | ** | ||
Additional hard drive caddies are appearing for many laptops (they replace the CD/DVD combo), and most desktops have space to fit in an extra hard drive or three. But this is not an option for netbooks, so I had to get back to the desktop Dual-core machine for this step. I used a single internal 3.5” SATA-1 hard drive for one set of tests, and two identical drives with the root partitions configured as a software RAID-1 array for the second. | Additional hard drive caddies are appearing for many laptops (they replace the CD/DVD combo), and most desktops have space to fit in an extra hard drive or three. But this is not an option for netbooks, so I had to get back to the desktop Dual-core machine for this step. I used a single internal 3.5” SATA-1 hard drive for one set of tests, and two identical drives with the root partitions configured as a software RAID-1 array for the second. | ||
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+ | Des emplacements additionnels pour disques durs apparaissent sur beaucoup de portables (ils remplacent le lecteur CD/DVD) et la majorité des PC ont la place pour installer au moins un disque dur supplémentaire. Mais ce n'est pas une option pour les netbooks et j'ai donc dû revenir à la machine à double cœur pour cette étape. J'ai utilisé un seul disque interne SATA-1 de 3,5 pouces pour un ensemble de tests et deux disques identiques avec les partitions root configurées en RAID-1 logiciel pour le second ensemble de tests. | ||
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This is in fact a rather funky setup where you need: | This is in fact a rather funky setup where you need: | ||
- a small non-RAID boot partition (let's say /dev/sda1) to contain the /boot directory for the GRUB boot-loader to read kernel and inirtd file from; | - a small non-RAID boot partition (let's say /dev/sda1) to contain the /boot directory for the GRUB boot-loader to read kernel and inirtd file from; | ||
- a larger RAID-1 partition that combines a physical partition from each hard drive (for example, /dev/sda2 and /dev/sdb1), that will be mounted as the filesystem root / directory. | - a larger RAID-1 partition that combines a physical partition from each hard drive (for example, /dev/sda2 and /dev/sdb1), that will be mounted as the filesystem root / directory. | ||
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+ | C'est une configuration plutôt funky où vous aurez besoin : | ||
+ | - d'une petite partition de démarrage non RAID (disons /dev/sda1) qui va contenir le répertoire /boot pour que le gestionnaire d' | ||
+ | - d'une partition RAID-1 plus grande qui combine une partition physique de chaque disque (par exemple, /dev/sda2 et /dev/sdb1), qui sera montée comme le système de fichiers root / directory. | ||
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If you are interested in this technique, it is probably something you should play with a bit on a not-so-important computer before setting up a production machine. Anyhow, I got the results shown below right. | If you are interested in this technique, it is probably something you should play with a bit on a not-so-important computer before setting up a production machine. Anyhow, I got the results shown below right. | ||
As expected, we can now confirm that faster hard drives make for shorter boot times. This is even more noticeable for the more heavyweight desktop managers, that seem to need more disk activity to set up. System responsiveness is also nice and crisp during use, so this looks like an interesting path to follow on computers that can contain the extra hard drive we need to do RAID. | As expected, we can now confirm that faster hard drives make for shorter boot times. This is even more noticeable for the more heavyweight desktop managers, that seem to need more disk activity to set up. System responsiveness is also nice and crisp during use, so this looks like an interesting path to follow on computers that can contain the extra hard drive we need to do RAID. | ||
+ | ** | ||
+ | Si cette technologie vous intéresse, vous devriez jouer avec un peu sur un ordinateur secondaire, avant de le configurer sur une machine en production. En tout cas, j'ai obtenu les résultats ci-dessous à droite. | ||
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+ | Comme attendu, nous pouvons maintenant confirmer que des disques rapides donnent des temps de démarrage plus courts. C'est encore plus évident pour les gestionnaires de bureau les plus lourds, qui semblent demander plus d' | ||
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Conclusion | Conclusion | ||
After making my poor old computers jump though these loops, I am beginning to get a clearer picture about what is really important to speed up *buntu desktop boot times. To sum it up: | After making my poor old computers jump though these loops, I am beginning to get a clearer picture about what is really important to speed up *buntu desktop boot times. To sum it up: | ||
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+ | Conclusion | ||
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+ | Après avoir fait subir ces test à mes pauvres vieux ordinateurs, | ||
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A. Yes, the choice of desktop manager does make a difference. There is less of a gap between the ultra-lite LXDE and XFCE desktops and Unity than I expected, which go to show that Canonical' | A. Yes, the choice of desktop manager does make a difference. There is less of a gap between the ultra-lite LXDE and XFCE desktops and Unity than I expected, which go to show that Canonical' | ||
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C. The key factor in speeding up boot times is simply the hard drive, or rather (and not so simply) the combination of hard drive, its bus connection to the motherboard, | C. The key factor in speeding up boot times is simply the hard drive, or rather (and not so simply) the combination of hard drive, its bus connection to the motherboard, | ||
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+ | A. Oui, le choix du gestionnaire de bureau fait une différence. Il y a moins d' | ||
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+ | B. Le processeur et la carte mère ne sont pas aussi importants pour une expérience utilisateur normale. Cela ne revient pas à dire qu'il faut lésiner sur l'un ou l' | ||
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+ | C. Le facteur essentiel pour accélérer le temps de démarrage est tout simplement le disque dur, ou plutôt (et pas si simplement) la combinaison du disque dur, de son bus de connexion à la carte mère et de son partitionnement. | ||
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My takeaway from all this is that it may be worthwhile to take a hard look at your hard drive (no pun intended!), and try to optimize its speed. Are we booting from a primary partition? Which version of SATA does the computer support: is it a SATA-1 at 1.5 Gb/s (about 150 MB/s), or a SATA-2 at 3 Gb/s (about 300 MB/s)? Try to find an internal hard drive that can really sustain this speed. | My takeaway from all this is that it may be worthwhile to take a hard look at your hard drive (no pun intended!), and try to optimize its speed. Are we booting from a primary partition? Which version of SATA does the computer support: is it a SATA-1 at 1.5 Gb/s (about 150 MB/s), or a SATA-2 at 3 Gb/s (about 300 MB/s)? Try to find an internal hard drive that can really sustain this speed. | ||
+ | ** | ||
+ | Ce que je retiens de tout cela, c'est que cela vaut la peine de prêter sérieusement attention à votre disque dur et d' | ||
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Internal spinning-platter hard drives may have difficulties in doing this. To take an example of a typical modern high-end laptop drive, the WD Scorpio Blue 1 TB (model number WD10JPVT ) has a 3 Gb/s interface, but manages to sustain only 144 MB/s transfer rate. This is much the same for most spinning-platter drives. On the other hand, SSD drives have higher effective transfer rates, but still cost a little more. Price differences are decreasing since spinning-platter hard drives went up over the last few months, however, and it might be possible to find a small (32 to 64 GB) SSD hard drive at a competitive price – though whether it is worthwhile to upgrade a lowly $200 netbook with an $80+ hard drive is a choice that may or may not work out for you. | Internal spinning-platter hard drives may have difficulties in doing this. To take an example of a typical modern high-end laptop drive, the WD Scorpio Blue 1 TB (model number WD10JPVT ) has a 3 Gb/s interface, but manages to sustain only 144 MB/s transfer rate. This is much the same for most spinning-platter drives. On the other hand, SSD drives have higher effective transfer rates, but still cost a little more. Price differences are decreasing since spinning-platter hard drives went up over the last few months, however, and it might be possible to find a small (32 to 64 GB) SSD hard drive at a competitive price – though whether it is worthwhile to upgrade a lowly $200 netbook with an $80+ hard drive is a choice that may or may not work out for you. | ||
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+ | Les disques internes à plateau tournant peuvent éprouver des difficultés sur ce point. Pour prendre l' | ||
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For laptops with an optical drive, hard drive caddies that replace the CD/DVD with space for a second hard disk are becoming more common, with prices in the $40 - $60 range. So RAID-1 on your laptop may be a choice, especially if you already have a spare hard drive lying around. | For laptops with an optical drive, hard drive caddies that replace the CD/DVD with space for a second hard disk are becoming more common, with prices in the $40 - $60 range. So RAID-1 on your laptop may be a choice, especially if you already have a spare hard drive lying around. | ||
Finally, USB 3 ports with their 5 Gb/s (about 500 MB/s) line speed are also becoming more common nowadays - even on netbooks - and allow an external hard drive to boot up a computer at practically the same speed as an internal drive. So it may be worthwhile to choose your next netbook with one of these, in the interests of future expansion. | Finally, USB 3 ports with their 5 Gb/s (about 500 MB/s) line speed are also becoming more common nowadays - even on netbooks - and allow an external hard drive to boot up a computer at practically the same speed as an internal drive. So it may be worthwhile to choose your next netbook with one of these, in the interests of future expansion. | ||
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+ | Pour les portables avec un lecteur de disque optique, les tiroirs qui remplacent le CD/DVD par un emplacement pour un second disque dur se généralisent, | ||
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+ | Finalement, les ports USB 3 avec leurs vitesse de 5 Go/s (environ 500 Mo/s) deviennent de plus en plus répandus actuellement - même sur les netbooks - et permettent à un disque externe de démarrer un ordinateur à pratiquement la même vitesse qu'un disque interne. Il peut donc être intéressant de choisir votre prochain netbook avec un tel équipement, | ||
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To end on a more personal note, allow me to present my personal desktop. Using the perhaps ancient - but still beautiful to my eyes - FVWM Crystal desktop manager, it makes the Acer boot up at a fast-ish 26s (compare to LXDE at 30s). However, with its distinctly " | To end on a more personal note, allow me to present my personal desktop. Using the perhaps ancient - but still beautiful to my eyes - FVWM Crystal desktop manager, it makes the Acer boot up at a fast-ish 26s (compare to LXDE at 30s). However, with its distinctly " | ||
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+ | Pour terminer sur une note plus personnelle, | ||
issue63/labolinux.1348862272.txt.gz · Dernière modification : 2012/09/28 21:57 de thierry43