[linux-audio-user] "Multimedia Ubuntu"

[Lee A. Azzarello]

----- Matt Henley <nwmatt at gmail.com> wrote:
> On my box, I do have an example.  If I use the kernel set up for low
> latency recording, the kernel modules required for vmware do not
> compile.


Ha ha ha ha! Oh man. Considering the vmware modules are closed source, that is 100% their problem, not your favorite distro's. If you need reinforcement, Linux Torvalds has lots to say on closed source kernel modules.

-lee
 
> On 3/17/06, Lee Revell <rlrevell at joe-job.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 14:20 -0600, Matt Henley wrote:
> > >
> > > But what if "fixing" the mainline distro degrades the performance
> for
> > > things other than multimedia?
> > >
> >
> > My experience is that it does not.  I'd be interested to see any
> > evidence that optimizing a system for multimedia (latency in the
> 1-2ms
> > range) degrades normal desktop use.
> >
> > Lee
> >
> >