On: What we can learn from vintage computing

[PaulDavisThe1st]

An RT kernel is not going to have much impact on UX latency.

I run an RT kernel all the time. Plenty of things are still janky. Improving UX latency has more to do with UI toolkit and application design than the kernel.

[Karrot_Kream → PaulDavisThe1st]

Of course. You'd need to start at more important latencies, like UX callback latency.

[jacquesm → Karrot_Kream]

And properly prioritize the various GUI tasks otherwise they will simply get blocked by higher priority stuff. Having a real time OS and then running interactive tasks at a low priority will defeat the purpose, so there is that extra bit of configuration to keep in mind.