Desktop responsiveness in Feisty (vs Edgy)

[Scott Henson]

Sitsofe Wheeler wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Has there been a change to which preemption patches are included in the
> default Ubuntu kernel used in Feisty? I ask because I seem to have
> noticed far more stutters (both when sound is played and when moving
> things like the mouse pointer in X) and periods of up to half a second
> where interaction is not possible. 
> 

I think what you want is to install linux-lowlatency.  It should give
you more responsiveness at the cost of battery life (if your on a
laptop) and a slightly busier processor.  Once you have installed it,
reboot into the new lowlatency kernel.