On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 11:13 -0800, Florin Andrei wrote:
Finally, please keep in mind that RT capabilities are more of an
advanced user thing. Well, that's debatable, of course, but people who
absolutely need RT and cannot live without it are probably those who
load up a bunch of synths on a laptop, hook up a MIDI keyboard and
perform on stage.
Also, enthusiasts like me will arguably need RT as a basic requirement
that cannot be replaced by something else.
All these people will be glad to click on a pop-up, enter a root
password and do such things to enable RT. This will be perceived as an
improvement over the current situation, which requires reading docs,
making manual changes to obscure system files (with the potential to
break the whole system) and stuff like that.
No, regular users will not be glad if they are forced to answer a
question they have absolutely no idea about. How is a normal user going
to be able to answer the question "Do you want to be added to the
'realtime' UNIX group" ?
If realtime is a requirement for acceptable audio experience, then
everybody needs to get it without extra questions asked. If it is not,
then why bother ?