Consider removing irqbalance from default install on desktop images
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
as per https:/
Distribution (run cat /etc/os-release):
$ cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Pop!_OS"
VERSION="19.04"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_
VERSION_ID="19.04"
HOME_URL="https:/
SUPPORT_URL="http://
BUG_REPORT_URL="https:/
PRIVACY_
VERSION_
UBUNTU_
Related Application and/or Package Version (run apt policy $PACKAGE NAME):
$ apt policy irqbalance
irqbalance:
Installed: 1.5.0-3ubuntu1
Candidate: 1.5.0-3ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 1.5.0-3ubuntu1 500
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
$ apt rdepends irqbalance
irqbalance
Reverse Depends:
Recommends: ubuntu-standard
gce-compute-
Issue/Bug Description:
as per konkor/cpufreq#48 and http://
irqbalance is technically not needed on desktop systems (supposedly it is mainly for servers), and may actually reduce performance and power savings. It appears to provide benefits only to server environments that have relatively-constant loading. If it is truly a server-oriented package, then it shouldn't be installed by default on a desktop/laptop system and shouldn't be included in desktop OS images.
Steps to reproduce (if you know):
This is potentially an issue with all default installs.
Expected behavior:
n/a
Other Notes:
I can safely remove it via "sudo apt purge irqbalance" without any apparent adverse side-effects. If someone is running a situation where they need it, then they always have the option of installing it from the repositories.
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.