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Linux Kernel Goes Real-Time

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the just-this-instant dept.

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.

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  1. Sliced bread next? by TheM$Man · · Score: -1, Troll

    Wow!

    In a few more years maybe they will find out sliced bread was already invented.

    In a decade or two maybe the OS will be worthy of being used by more people than
    pimple faced outcasts from society.

    Linux = Good os for slave server work

    Linux = Piece of crap for end users

    Linux = Old enough now it should be a good os to replace windows but isn't even close and in ways farther
    away now then when it was released.

    Linux = Tool for the RTFM crowd to feel superior.

  2. Re:Open source at it's finest by alfs+boner · · Score: -1, Troll

    Fuck you, shithead

    --
    Listen p*ssy. I'm sure your the same homo that posted earlier about alf's boner and you just want to remain anonymous fo
  3. Re:Video playback by Viriatus · · Score: -1, Troll

    why?? because Linux sucks. that's why.

  4. Re:What about media? by cheater512 · · Score: 0, Troll

    lol. A realtime kernel will make the problem worse.

    They are good for very specific purposes, not multitasking.

    Go buy a faster CPU. I dont have any audio skipping problems on my P4 2.4ghz.