[ardour-users] Posative Linux story and questions

[Rob]

On Tuesday 30 November 2004 10:53, Ben Edwards wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 18:15:00 +0000, Rob <robin.fell at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > Like Jan, I too would wholeheartedly recommend Ardour.  I boot only one
> > kernel, and Ardour happily coexists with KMail, Opera, Eagle PCB etc
> > without any trouble - even below 3ms latency.
>
> Did you mean to say "only one card".  I dont understand what "boot
> only one kernal" means.

Nope - I really meant one kernel.

In the early (well earlier) days of linux audio, running Jack, Ardour, etc 
meant running risky realtime kernel hacks.  System lockups were frequent.  I 
ran multiple gentoo system partitions (i'm not pushing gentoo), one for 
general use, and several with tweaks and hacks.  Each had a different kernel.

Now I run one system (and one realtime kernel) all the time.  Life is good 
(even with 2.6.8.1 and it's CD burning problems).