Linux blows for any type of serious digital audio work.

Trying to run a studio under current versions of Linux is like trying to build the Golden Gate Bridge with a Gilber Erector Set and a picture of the bridge. It's a nightmare. The Linux tools are so crude compared to the Mac it's not even a contest. Basically you have to debug, build, fix, configure all the tools yourself and get them working before you can even think about actually recording something. Then if you ask for help from the authors, or the Linux community, you are denegrated, called an idiot and other names just because you may not be a programmer who is interested in desiging a program. Shit, all I want to do is pre-roll and get going!! Someday when the geeks are all dead Linux may be a contender for DAW work, but for now it is a bad joke and only an idiot would choose it over Mac or even Windows. Pierre

Pierre de le Sewer wrote: > Trying to run a studio under current versions of Linux is like trying > to build the Golden Gate Bridge with a Gilber Erector Set and a > picture of the bridge. > > It's a nightmare. > > The Linux tools are so crude compared to the Mac it's not even a > contest. > > Basically you have to debug, build, fix, configure all the tools > yourself and get them working before you can even think about actually > recording something. > > Then if you ask for help from the authors, or the Linux community, you > are denegrated, called an idiot and other names just because you may > not be a programmer who is interested in desiging a program. > > Shit, all I want to do is pre-roll and get going!! > > Someday when the geeks are all dead Linux may be a contender for DAW > work, but for now it is a bad joke and only an idiot would choose it > over Mac or even Windows. > > Pierre People interested in freedom run Linux.

On Tue, 11 May 2004 21:01:55 -0600, "ray" <ray@zianet.com> wrote: >So, don't use Linux for digital audio work. I don't do digital audio work, >and I find that Linux fits my needs pretty well, so I use it. Linux is a joke, no matter what the application. Assuming of course you can actually FIND a commercial quality application for Linux.

asdf@1234.com wrote: > On Tue, 11 May 2004 21:01:55 -0600, "ray" <ray@zianet.com> wrote: > >>So, don't use Linux for digital audio work. I don't do digital audio work, >>and I find that Linux fits my needs pretty well, so I use it. > > Linux is a joke, no matter what the application. > Assuming of course you can actually FIND a commercial quality > application for Linux. Gee, i use my "joke" OS for my livelyhood. I am a web application developer and system administrator. I don't go near MS windows, at home or at work.

Here in alt.os.linux, asdf@1234.com spake unto us, saying: >On Tue, 11 May 2004 21:01:55 -0600, "ray" <ray@zianet.com> wrote: > >>So, don't use Linux for digital audio work. I don't do digital audio work, >>and I find that Linux fits my needs pretty well, so I use it. > >Linux is a joke, no matter what the application. All general statements are false. :-) >Assuming of course you can actually FIND a commercial quality >application for Linux. That means static and expensive, right? -- -Rich Steiner >>>---> http://www.visi.com/~rsteiner >>>---> Eden Prairie, MN OS/2 + eCS + Linux + Win95 + DOS + PC/GEOS + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! Applications analyst/designer/developer (14 yrs) seeking employment. See web site above for resume/CV and background.

On Tue, 11 May 2004 23:04:45 +0000, asd wrote: > On Tue, 11 May 2004 21:01:55 -0600, "ray" <ray@zianet.com> wrote: > >>So, don't use Linux for digital audio work. I don't do digital audio work, >>and I find that Linux fits my needs pretty well, so I use it. > > Linux is a joke, no matter what the application. > Assuming of course you can actually FIND a commercial quality > application for Linux. You are wrong. There is a reason that where I worked (I retired in March), in a DOD test facility, we relied heavily on Linux. It is very good for scientific data analysis. I also find it to be completely satisfactory for a home desktop - for one thing it does not crash. Mozilla works faster and better than IE (tabbed windows and ability to kill pop-ups, for one thing). The mail services work better with MSN mail than the MS alternatives. Gnumeric and Abiword handle all my Office needs. etc, etc, etc.

Richard Steiner sigged: >-Rich Steiner >>>---> http://www.visi.com/~rsteiner >>>---> Eden Prairie, MN > OS/2 + eCS + Linux + Win95 + DOS + PC/GEOS + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! > Applications analyst/designer/developer (14 yrs) seeking employment. > See web site above for resume/CV and background. Gee whizz! You've actually accomplished all this and you're only 14 years old? Kudos! Maybe Arny can hire you (strictly on no matter what cure-never pay basis of course) *grin* -- Sander deWaal Vacuum Audio Consultancy

In article <0153a058ucesob2t3bkls6th2jfqtl6psr@4ax.com>, asdf@1234.com says... > > >On Tue, 11 May 2004 21:01:55 -0600, "ray" <ray@zianet.com> wrote: > >>So, don't use Linux for digital audio work. I don't do digital audio work, >>and I find that Linux fits my needs pretty well, so I use it. > >Linux is a joke, no matter what the application. >Assuming of course you can actually FIND a commercial quality >application for Linux. You mean like all the commercial applications that are full of bugs and prone to virus attacks? -------------- Alex

Here in alt.os.linux, Sander deWaal <nononsense@citroen.demon.ln> spake unto us, saying: >Richard Steiner sigged: > >>-Rich Steiner >>>---> http://www.visi.com/~rsteiner >>>---> Eden Prairie, MN >> OS/2 + eCS + Linux + Win95 + DOS + PC/GEOS + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! >> Applications analyst/designer/developer (14 yrs) seeking employment. >> See web site above for resume/CV and background. > >Gee whizz! >You've actually accomplished all this and you're only 14 years old? Wouldn't that be neat, though? I could relive my highschool and college years and maybe correct some stupid mistakes I made way back then. :-) -- -Rich Steiner >>>---> http://www.visi.com/~rsteiner >>>---> Eden Prairie, MN OS/2 + eCS + Linux + Win95 + DOS + PC/GEOS + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! Applications analyst/designer/developer (14 yrs) seeking employment. See web site above for resume/CV and background.