--Tertl3 22:49, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
- Name: William Blackburn
- email: blackburn.william2@gmail.com
- IRC Nick: @irc.freenode.net : tertl3
- Location: Taylors, South Carolina. USA
About me
I have always been interested in electronics and software. Since I was a kid I have played Atari, Nintendo, Mech Warrior 2, etc... and used the 'cheat codes' to help make my life easier. Needless to say, this led to an interest in Linux and the Linux community. As for my interest in music, well, the story isn't much different.
I began playing guitar when I was a teenager. I went to the local arts school for my elective class and studied jazz bass. I have been listening too and playing jazz ever since. Not to say that I haven't went through some phases and listened to punk rock or electronic music, but jazz was always in the background and now it is what I listen to and play most of the time.
Why this intro JACK?
During my college years, I was introduced to Linux by nice guy who's name I will leave anonymous until I get his approval.Well, being a musician and a Linux user, I began to try combining the two. And, to my rejoice, I found the JACK application. It didn't take long for me to discover the real-time preemption patch and I have been hooked ever since.
Current Undertakings
I have decided to begin writing an intro/tutorial on real-time preemption. Instead of focusing on audio, I may decide to focus on real-time preemption itself and make this a document for someone who, like me, is a musician, but is also genuinely interested in real-time as a concept and wishes to gain a deeper understanding of the tweaks that are involved in turning the stock Fedora kernel into a real-time Fedora kernel. Since many of the tutorials I have read are not distribution specific, and I really prefer reading Fedora Docs when using Fedora, I decided to write a tutorial.