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Linux Kernel Goes Real-Time
Several readers wrote to alert us to the inclusion of real-time features in the mainline Linux kernel starting with version 2.6.18. (Linus Torvalds had announced 2.6.18 on September 19.) Basic real-time support is now mainline. This will ease the job of developers of embedded Linux applications, who for years have been maintaining real-time patch sets outside of the mainline kernel. The announcement was made by TimeSys Corp., a provider of developer services. Much of the work was done by Thomas Gleixner at TimeSys and Ingo Molnar at Red Hat.
I'm glad linux is getting more realtime capabilities, but what I wonder when will video playback not suck under Linux. Why does video playback get paused when you drag any window? Or how come you can't play two videos at the same time? Maybe these are X.org issues, I don't know, but they're annoying.