On Fri, 8 Sep 2006 15:44:49 +0100 tim hall <tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wednesday 06 September 2006 22:40, Folderol was like: > > Does having RT kernel have any negative aspects when the computer is > > used for general office work? Would it be best to use a different > > computer for this (or different partition perhaps) and keep the audio > > M/C strictly for audio and nothing else? > > AFAICT there are no particular disadvantages if you are using the RT options > in the mainline kernel. If you have applied Ingo Molnar's patch there are > known tradeoffs with stability and network speed, in which case you may be > better off using a separate set-up for office work. I'm not sure about the > security implications. Well, rather a long time getting back on this! I've decided to stick to separate machines. Apart from any lingering security doubts, I intend to go 64bit for the music 'pooter and there are a surprising number of office type apps that are still not available in 64bit versions - and seem to have no immediate prospect of being so. I know I could probably compile some of these from scratch, but I would *much* prefer to spend this time on my music! P.S. Best of all quality time is currently in Denge Wood on the odd days we have good weather. -- Will J G
