-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Robin Gareus wrote: > rosea grammostola wrote: >> [..] >> >> I think he doesn't touch a Linux system anymore at least in the coming >> two years... > > Well, he should have checked if the hardware is supported before buying > the laptop.. > Nobody does. Even I have made mistakes in purchasing and I have been around long enough to know better.
>> To much waste of time for him and he finds Linux audio not user friendly >> enough. > > ..or buy a dedicated workstation for linux-audio with support for > example: http://www.indamixx.com/ A good idea if someone is not willing to contribute. > >> Not saying it's your fault ;) It's just another example of trying things >> and another fail > >> Thanks anyway. > You're welcome. > >> \r > > keep in touch, > robin > _______________________________________________ > 64studio-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-devel ure. He is not the type of guy who can deal with this >> kind of things or hasn't enough time for it. > > I can understand his POV; but that's the price for the Freedom that > comes with FLOSS: You need to be willing to learn the system to some > extend or get someone to do it for you. > This is a very good way of putting it. The price of freedom is the real cost of FLOSS. It puts the power in to our own hands. With that power comes responsibility to take care of our own house. I know many people for whom this is a challenge, and as a consequence I do not bother pushing Linux on them. The guy for whom this is all too much work for should probably use something else. We should not try and push this on people who don't want it. After all it is his loss not ours. > Anyway, "waste-of-time" is certainly relative. Every DAW system requires > diligent tweaking and optimization. Even on OSX. > Digital audio is a complex task regardless of the system. You have to pay attention to the entire chain, including any outboard devices you may have. You have to *know* all of your hardware inside and out (which ones are 24bit, which ones do dithering, and so on). Very quickly this gets complicated. I have used most of the commercial systems out there, and they are not easy either. The biggest issue I had was adjusting my work flow to take advantage of jack. Of course YMMV. > BTW. It is possible to package the Broadcom firmware as non-free. > There's just too many things to take care of at once. It takes time; and > my time is also limited.. My last laptop had a bcm43xx chipset. Worst laptop experience of my life, and I have owned quite a few (Macs and PCs). Actually it is safe to say that it was the worst computer experience of my life. I will no buy Compaq/HP as a result now. I could not even replace the WiFi adaptor as they had a small whitelist of PCI-ids in the BIOS. I have wrested with Broadcomm for years, the short short version is that they suck. It is unfortunate that so many laptops have their crap in it, but there is nothing we can really do beyond what is already being done. > > OTOH, we need testers for the various hardware to discover those > problems. If he's not willing to contribute, he can't complain that it's > not working.. Hopefully there are other Testers. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkq/xW4ACgkQwRXgH3rKGfM3cQCfcuVSgqAGJyLIzQRIl06pbRxJ wd4AoK1U/0PDIe904uLffiH8bb/UpxLj =unPV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ 64studio-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-devel
