Re: [linux-audio-dev] [OT] linux audio on PPCi

2003-12-01 Thread Richard Spindler
On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 11:42, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am contemplating buying a laptop of some sort, to develop on. I was wondering how many of you are using an x86 laptop and how many are using a ppc laptop :) I own an Apple iBook running Yellow Dog Linux, but I do not run a patched

Re: [linux-audio-dev] [OT] linux audio on PPCi

2003-12-01 Thread CK
I read: I think this an urban myth, the Nvidia drivers may be proprietary but they are well functioning. I think this is a pretty rural comment, there is more than x86, where are the nvidia binaries for 2.6, and personally I really don't feel like loading a binary only module. regards, x

Re: [linux-audio-dev] [OT] linux audio on PPCi

2003-12-01 Thread Robert Jonsson
Hi, CK wrote: I read: I think this an urban myth, the Nvidia drivers may be proprietary but they are well functioning. I think this is a pretty rural comment, there is more than x86, where are the nvidia binaries for 2.6, and personally I really don't feel like loading a binary only module.

Re: [linux-audio-dev] [OT] linux audio on PPCi

2003-12-01 Thread CK
I read: These are also valid arguments but they have nothing to do with the stability and quality of the nvidia drivers which is what I intended to comment about. right, sorry this was sort of pre-coffee cheers, x -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Postmodernism is german romanticism with better

Re: [linux-audio-dev] [OT] linux audio on PPCi

2003-12-01 Thread Steve Harris
On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 11:42:16 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am contemplating buying a laptop of some sort, to develop on. I was wondering how many of you are using an x86 laptop and how many are using a ppc laptop :) It looks to me as if Apples laptops are rock solid and don't suffer

Re: [linux-audio-dev] [OT] linux audio on PPCi

2003-12-01 Thread Niklas Werner
Am Donnerstag, 27. November 2003 11:42 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I am contemplating buying a laptop of some sort, to develop on. I was wondering how many of you are using an x86 laptop and how many are using a ppc laptop :in I am using a Powerbook G3 500 and a G4 1.25 both with gentoo. They

Re: [linux-audio-dev] [OT] linux audio on PPCi

2003-12-01 Thread vincent . touquet
On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 10:12:24AM +, Steve Harris wrote: I guess the more of us who buy them the quicker the endianness problems will be fixed, ppc-linux-audio-user? :) :) I was thinking along the same lines ;) v

Re: [linux-audio-dev] [OT] linux audio on PPCi

2003-11-30 Thread Christian Schoenebeck
Es geschah am Donnerstag, 27. November 2003 11:42 als [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: I know some applications are not ported yet to ppc and suffer from x86-isms, but that should be fixable I guess :) It's not only orphaned asm lines but also endian dependent code that makes a lot of trouble on

Re: [linux-audio-dev] [OT] linux audio on PPCi

2003-11-30 Thread Robert Jonsson
Hi, Sunday 30 November 2003 19.00 skrev Christian Schoenebeck: Es geschah am Donnerstag, 27. November 2003 11:42 als [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: I know some applications are not ported yet to ppc and suffer from x86-isms, but that should be fixable I guess :) It's not only orphaned asm

Re: [linux-audio-dev] [OT] linux audio on PPCi

2003-11-30 Thread Antonio Willy Malara
On 2003.11.30 21:52, Robert Jonsson wrote: Fan noise, which is very much releated to the CPU power is also something to think about. Some laptops are noisy to the point that they are unusable for audio-work (or just about anything). /Robert this is no issue for ppc-laptop, at least on my ibook

Re: [linux-audio-dev] [OT] linux audio on PPCi

2003-11-30 Thread Christian Schoenebeck
Es geschah am Sonntag, 30. November 2003 21:52 als Robert Jonsson schrieb: I think this an urban myth, the Nvidia drivers may be proprietary but they are well functioning. Actually there are opensource drivers for nvidia chips, it is true though that only the proprietary drivers support OpenGL.

RE: [linux-audio-dev] [OT] linux audio on PPCi

2003-11-30 Thread Ivica Bukvic
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:linux-audio-dev- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christian Schoenebeck Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 7:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] [OT] linux audio on PPCi Es geschah am Sonntag, 30. November 2003