Hi Quentin :) before you read what I reply to your statements about Windows, pleas read my last sentence.
> I agree that it it a nuisance that we have to look out for these > things. It all has to do with the reason why Linux works so much better > as a DAW than windows, and that is the kernel. Are there any Linux DAWs that work better than Windows DAWs? I read about that not only I have MIDI jitter, but that MIDI jitter is a problem for every Linux DAW, even if it's not hearable for most Linux DAWs, it's still there and Windows DAWs definitive have no jitter. Latencies are fine with Windows and Linux for my TerraTec and the audio software needs less resources by more functionality. I'm not fine with Windows, but I guess you are wrong. What will work better with Linux DAWs? > Under the windows > system, the kernel is very small in relation to linux, and all drivers > are loaded as modules onto the kernel. When I say all, I mean all. > That opens the floor to hardware manufacturers to merrily go and change > just about anything, as long as they supply the new drivers with the > piece of hardware. The drawback is a slight performance hit. > I know much more about Linux, but I can set up Windows DAWs that performs much, much, much better than Linux DAWs. The whole structure of Windows is much smarter than the structure of Linux, smaller and more efficient, excepted of the filesystem and for multiuser systems I can't see any advantages for Linux (excepted of the political issue). > This is BAD for us, as this all has to be incorporated in the kernel, > either though direct support by some hardware manufacturers (very few) > or by reverse engineering. These kernel then has to be tested, and > ultimately be transformed by our RT kernel hackers to be a RT kernel > viable for real time audio work. Quite a process. > > All this says one thing - get tried and trusted hardware if you are only > going to build a single system. Check out our Greylist for advice: > http://www.64studio.com/node/69 . If you have the cash to try new > systems, do it and report back to the greylist. > That's the problem, I'm very poor, I bought hardware that was 100% perfect with a Windows DAW, Cubase with much more functionality than Linux has got, but I never liked Microsoft, that's why I only used Linux, resp. I couldn't get a DAW running, so a friend gave me the money to buy better hardware. I asked the list, I read http://www.64studio.com/node/69 and many posts in the internet and anyhow it seems that I bought the wrong hardware. I often got hardware with chipsets that are posted as fine with Linux, but it wasn't because of different revisions of the boards. > If you have a perfectly working system, please contribute to our > greylist with your working setup, and help other users to get their 64 > Studio setups working out of the box. > > PS: There is no whitelist, because no hardware can be deemed fully > supported... It sometimes comes down to combinations as well. BUT, > generally all items marked as Grey can be considered fully or > satisfactorily supported. > > Cheers,Quentin If my mobo isn't fine, I only can try to find a better board, if there will be one with an integrated graphics around 50,-€. Because of my connections I can get a legal Cubase for my homestudio for free, so a Microsoft based DAW also will be less expensive for me. People say I'm an idiot, because I will use Linux because of ethical reasons. The problem with the hardware isn't just that the hardware companies are all evil, it's also because it's much easier to write drivers for Windows. I'm a coder and I'm not able to program more than "Hallo world!" for Linux, I'm jobless and could learn and program 24 hours a day, a professional coder has got only 8 hours a day. Even dedicated coders, Ardour, Rosegarden, have troubles with the make files, so for a hardware company the effort won't pay. I'm not fine with saying Linux is better, without giving arguments what especially is better. Excepted of the ethical reasons, multi user sytems / servers and maybe safeness when using the internet and that there are a few good software that is expensive for MacOS and Windows, Linux will cause more trouble than MacOS and Windows will do. Anyway, today I've to test if the BIOS upgrade did change anything, if not I'll have to look for a new low-cost board with AM2 socket and if also a new board won't change anything, I have to change to Windows :(. The friend who gave me the money for the hardware I bought for Linux, only uses MacOS and Windows and he'll give me a gift if I stop wasting my time with Linux. I'm serious frustrated. I only have one friend who always tries Linux DAWs too. He installs latest Linux distros, set up DAWs, tested those DAWs and goes on making music with Windows, because he always has similar problems to mine. Instead of using Windows I compile and compile, check out repositories, try distros. Nearly every thing is fine with Linux when using Suse 11.0, but I can't get a DAW, at the moment with Suse 11.0 and 64 Studio 2.1 default and 64 Studio Lenny. Not fine is the fax, because I've got a Linux compatible card, that's not Linux compatible, because of a chipset combination and because also of an USB device with bad Linux drivers. Sometimes an a/b box I've got isn't able to work as fax, sometimes it only can send fax and sometimes it works, that depends to the distros versions I used. Anyway, I'm not willing to write more about MacOS and Windows, I need informations about ways to get a stable Linux DAW with less, very less money, independent the situation if Windows and MacOs are better or more worse than Linux. Cheers, Ralf
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