The linux kernel for a real multimedia desktop computer should have these patches applied: * [[http://members.optusnet.com.au/ckolivas/kernel/|con kolivas patchset]] * [[http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/gensplash/|fbsplash]] * [[http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/vesafb-tng/|vesafb-tng]] * [[http://namesys.com/|reiser4]] * [[http://shfs.sf.net/|shfs]] * [[http://acpi.sourceforge.net/|latest acpi]] * [[http://squashfs.sourceforge.net/|Squashfs]] * [[http://www.unionfs.org/|UnionFS]] * [[http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rml/inotify/|inotify]] * [[http://www.joq.us/realtime/|realtime linux security module]] (for [[http://jackit.sf.net|jack]] support) * [[http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/qemu-accel.html|qemu accelerator module even if binary only :'(]] * [[http://muru.com/linux/dyntick/|Dynamic Tick Timer for Linux]] -- updated on 08-24-2005 -- kysucix