That's fine, Rick. The issue is specialization, not regression. Its not obvious to me why one couldn't build a desktop Linux around a realtime kernel.
73, Dave, AA6YQ --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, KV9U <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dave, > > I am comparing current mainstream versions to the older ones. Examples > would be Windows XP vs. MS-DOS also, any of the popular Linux versions > whether Fedora or Ubuntu or SUSE vs. the early versions. There are RT > versions as you note, but they are not used for typical end users who > want a desktop OS. > > 73, > > Rick, KV9U > > > > Dave Bernstein wrote: > > >Your characterization of Linux as further from real-time than older > >operating systems is inaccurate, Rick. See > > > >http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8073314981.html > > > >http://www.mvista.com/products/realtime.html > > > >http://www.realtimelinuxfoundation.org/ > > > >http://source.mvista.com/linux_2_6_RT.html > > > >http://www.timesys.com/ > > > > 73, > > > > Dave, AA6YQ > > > > > Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/