On Tuesday 14 September 2004 07:39 am, Russell Hanaghan wrote: > On Tuesday 14 September 2004 03:32 am, tim hall wrote: > > Last Saturday 11 September 2004 21:41, Russell Hanaghan was like: > > > http://hanaghan.mystarband.net/7397fxhowto.html > > > > > > Constructive critism invited! > > > > Immediate thoughts. > > > > Yep. Way too many words in general, you lost me about half-way through > > paragraph 5. All I want to know is how to do this thing. Personally I > > also think it works better to refer to Microsoft Windows in a more > > respectful manner, I know that's not necessarily how any of us feel about > > it, but it makes a difference to the potential migrator. People take it > > personally being told their OS is useless, even (or especially) if they > > know it's less than perfect. There is an argument for use of relatively > > plain English, don't worry about seeming a bit 'dry' (generally better to > > put the effects on later. ;) - I don't think there's any chance that this > > article is going to come over as boring. > > Point taken. > > > Also this: > > 'A great many of the Linux distributions, all based on the same structure > > of Linux created by Linus Torvalds years ago,' > > gives the wrong impression. Linus Torvalds does the Linux kernel, The > > structure of the distros probably owes more to UNIX history and > > presently, GNU. There's probably a much better way of putting it than > > that. Safer to credit the entire Free Software community for this than > > just one individual. > > Okey dokey! > > > The actual HOWTO bit is much better, nice piccies! I'll be back to > > correct your grammar later! > > > > One last question: Is it really necessary to recommend running QJackCtl > > as root? > > 'cause when you start trying to describe how to do this stuff to a noob, > you begin to realize that you have yet to scratch the surface! And the > biggest point made by everyone so far is "I talk too much!" :) So....why? I > figured I would describe the quick and "dirty" way first...then lay out the > methods utilizing realtime-lsm in the 2.6 kernel as I use on my system. But > it involves editing modprobe.conf to setup on boot...that was ~not~ > something I want to guide a noob straight into...just more or less testing > if everything works. > > > If you would like to include any information about how to do the same > > under Debian (A/DeMuDi) for completeness, I 'd be happy to provide the > > information once you've edited the existing piece a bit. Actually, most > > of what I would have to say is already up at: http://wiki.agnula.org/ and > > besides, you're the author, so obviously, do as you will. > > Appreciated. May take you up on that. > > > Keep up the good work! > > thanks > > Back to the salt mine! :) > > > cheers > > > > tim hall Have not had time for 3 days to get back to this but...Damn! Someones been looking at it! Been over 150 hits since Saturday... I figured only 2 dozen or so from this list would bother to look at it... Anyway, hope to do first edits soon... R~~
