Re: Linux sound (and threads)

[Jeff Read <bitwize@geocities.com>]

Christian Reiniger wrote:

> I once had three povray processes ,a compile run of some bigger package,
> and a mp3 player for background music running all simultaneously while I
> was surfing with Netscape on KDE. Possibly anacron also started the weekly
> backup in the middle of this, I don't remember exactly.
> Well, the point is: Netscape was a bit slower as usual, but still perfectly
> usable. So don't worry much about being interrupted by fetchmail ;)
> (of course I wouldn't want to play Quake in such a situation, but what do
> you expect?)

You must have some screamin' silicon then, pal. :) I could never do a
stunt like that on my meager little 200MHz Cyrix machine. In particular,
MP3 players tend to chop up as soon as I start Netscape.

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Jeff Read <bitwize@geocities.com>
Unix Code Artist, Anime Fan, Really Cool Guy