These are patches designed to improve system responsiveness and interactivity. It is configurable to any workload but the default ck* patch is aimed at the desktop and ck*-server is available with more emphasis on serverspace. Apply to 2.6.12 (This includes all patches in 2.6.12.2): http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/2.6/2.6.12/2.6.12-ck3/patch-2.6.12-ck3.bz2 or for server version: http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/2.6/2.6.12/2.6.12-ck3/patch-2.6.12-ck3-server.bz2 web: http://kernel.kolivas.org all patches: http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/ Split patches available. Changes since 2.6.12-ck2: +cfq-ts-2.diff +cfq-ts-4.diff Two cfq-timeslice updates from Jens +patch-2.6.12.2 Latest stable version This release is called "Baby Cigar" as this picture should explain: http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/2.6/2.6.12/baby_cigar.JPG Cheers, Con