I'm surprised this is being debated. Look at Google: https://www.google.com.au/search?q=linux+high+io+desktop&oq=linux+high+&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i57j69i64l2.1936j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
You will clearly see that high enough IO will harm desktop responsiveness. Surely all of these people aren't making it up? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/131094 Title: Heavy Disk I/O harms desktop responsiveness To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/131094/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs