>>> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Gustin Johnson <gus...@echostar.ca >>> <mailto:gus...@echostar.ca>> wrote: >>> >>> > >>> > So, looking forward: will we be able to switch to 9.04? In other >>> words, >>> > will 9.04 have RT support, or will we still be stuck with 8.04? >>> > >>> I have RT in 8.10. All that it required was building my own kernel >(a >>> 2.6.28), so you are not "stuck" with 8.04 right now if you do not >want >>> to be. >>> >>> >>> People who don't want to bother compiling a kernel are 'stuck'; anyway, >>> it's easier to stay with 8.04. >>> >>You mean to say that people who *choose* not to investigate their >>options are stuck. You are only "stuck" if you want to be. > > >"stuck" could mean many things. > >Building this and building that is rarely without time >consuming issues. UX's have always been like uncle on the >Jackie Chan cartoon: "...ah...one more thing...". > >If the goal of having Ubuntu Studio is to use it as a tool >to do billable work, then staying with a known working tool >rather than exploring options, and choosing to be stuck is the >prudent business decision.
I think part of it may be that they are waiting for the next kernel (2.6.29) because it may contain support for btrfs. Just a guess. Btrfs is supposed to seek faster anyway, than ext3, or whatever we've got. -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
