Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 18th May 2009 19:06 UTC
We all know them. We all hate them. They are generally overdone, completely biased, or so vague they border on the edge of pointlessness (or toppled over said edge). Yes, I'm talking about those "Is Linux ready for the desktop" articles. Still, this one is different.
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Member since:2008-06-26
Uh, yeah, is that too hard to do? sudo apt-get install linux-2.6.xx-xx-rt?
I mean, it doesn't mean Linux can't do it. The same way Arch doesn't come with X11 by default, but that doesn't mean you can't install it. And you get to keep your old kernel to boot, just in case you need it.
Edited 2009-05-20 00:15 UTC
Member since:2008-11-18
Uh, yeah, is that too hard to do? sudo apt-get install linux-2.6.xx-xx-rt?
I mean, it doesn't mean Linux can't do it. The same way Arch doesn't come with X11 by default, but that doesn't mean you can't install it. And you get to keep your old kernel to boot, just in case you need it.
I mean, it doesn't mean Linux can't do it. The same way Arch doesn't come with X11 by default, but that doesn't mean you can't install it. And you get to keep your old kernel to boot, just in case you need it.
Yeah, that's not difficult, for me, for example.... But I am a computer geek, don't kid yourself, people do not care about complicated things...
Most people do not even know what the problem is, or care. There are alternatives that work out of the box.
But, that's good: keep repeating yourself that compiling kernel is a user friendly activity. Sure Linux is gonna sky rocket on the desktop. Especially since you need to start telling users what a kernel is, what compiling is, why the thing does not come compiled by default, what the hell are the commands they need to write... All that trouble, and the sad part is, the same application or better applications are ready for Mac and Windows.
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2007-09-03
Name a desktop distribution that ships with a non-premeptive kernel.
By default? Ubuntu doesn't. You need to install linux-rt. Same with Mandriva.