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Linux Kernel 6.12 Has Landed – And It's a Big One (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/26533086

Linux kernel 6.12 is one of the most significant releases of the year, delivering a feature nearly 20 years in the making: true real-time computing.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Realtime doesn't necessarily mean low latency, it means consistent latency.

This is such a critical distinction which can be counter-intuitive. In this case, their game may run slower, they just won't get lags resulting from local resource contention. And even that statement has caveats.

One of the biggest difference between self-taught developers and ones with CS degrees is that the ones with degrees usually understand a lot of important theory, such as O(1) means constant time, not necessarily fast time.