[linux-audio-user] gnome-terminal performance

[Florin Andrei]

On Sat, 2004-07-31 at 14:19, Lee Revell wrote:

> If jackd were running SCHED_FIFO aka realtime, and gnome-terminal as a
> normal priority process, it would be a bug (priority inversion) if
> gnome-terminal *ever* interfered with jackd's operation.

Well, i thought Linux can provide only soft realtime, so the
interference is not totally out of question (like it would be on systems
that can do hard or "true" realtime). Am i missing something?

> Here is the main point they seem to miss:  If I upgrade from a circa
> 2000 machine (hardware and software) to a 2004, I expect the latter to
> be significantly faster *AND* address the limitations of the old
> software.  In no circumstances should it be slower, or even the same - I
> just UPGRADED, remember?

My point exactly.

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Florin Andrei

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