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On 19/02/13 04:36, jonetsu@teksavvy.com wrote:

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> If a better response time from the kernel is something that's Good, why isn't

> lowlatency kernels a default in Linux distros (well, at least in Linux Mint and

> Fedora) If it is So Good, what are the arguments for not having a lowlatency

> kernel by default ? Any drawbacks ? I presume the Audio-oriented Linux distros

> do have lowlatency kernels by default, do they ?

aside from the other things mentioned there is a trade-off between GUI

responsiveness and audio latency ... if you do the full rt-audio set-up then the

programs you set as very high priority can easily lock everything else out. That

is fine if that is what you want, but it certainly isn't right for a default.

With less extreme settings there is still a cost re desktop interaction and that

is important for many people.
Simon

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