OK, let's suppose you have a PC (laptop/desktop) which runs the GNU Linux. Normally when you just step out to drink a coffee or smth. you suspend it in memory then you wake it up via resume. What to do…
Fan runs at full speed after resume
Speed up bzip2/xz compression
If you have a SMP system and wonder if exists such thing that can help you to use all CPUs to compress/decompress a file then the answer is YES, there is. It is PBZIP2 - the tool that speed up…
Speed-up system by SquashFs
It has been a while since I installed Gentoo. I always searched for new ways to improve the speed my system boot and run. After goggling little bit on net I found something about SquashFs and how to use it…
Gentoo before and after SSD
I have decide to give a try to SSD technology, even if it's not that cheap nowadays. So, I have bought a Corsair Force 3 SSD 90GB (which supports SATA III too) and replaced the old Toshiba 160GB 5400 rpm…
Gentoo speed up boot with parallel init
To speed up the system init at boot-time, just edit your/etc/conf.d/rc and set the RC_PARALLEL_STARTUP variable to yes: RC_PARALLEL_STARTUP="yes" Also speed up boot with parallel init it's just a damn line!