[LAU] changing for editing /etc/security/limits.conf in debian testing (ubuntu lucid)

Paul Davis paul at linuxaudiosystems.com
Fri Mar 5 08:11:22 EST 2010


On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 8:09 AM, Pablo Fernandez <pablo.fbus at gmail.com> wrote:

> I wonder about the nice value. It is there but commented out. jackaudio.org
> don't even mention it. What is it for?

its a mistake that has been propagated around the net for a few years.
it has absolutely nothing useful to do with realtime, low latency
audio and should not be used by apps or system configuration for this
purpose. its very unfortunate that this myth took hold.


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