Hello list members, from a long time lurker, one or two time poster. I was
using Linux for music production back when the only thing to do was hack
together patches, programs, cvs code, compilers, etc., in an endless effort to
keep up with the "current" state of the art in Linux audio. For most things
Linux I was a Debian all the way guy since Hamm days, but when Gentoo Linux
gained some ease of use, I jumped right in and found it to be the best way to
keep up to date with changes and have a usable system. But all that compiling
got tiresome, and it's not very green, is it? Due to hardware issues of my own,
I'm running Ubuntu development release (with a few hacks of my own), mainly for
the fully open source graphics and wireless drivers in the newer kernel.
However, I still follow the 64studio lists (imagine this kind of access to the
development process of a closed source company!) to see what people are doing
with Linux audio, and what kind of issues
they're running into, particularly within the Debian family. I have
recommended 64studio in the past, especially to those less computer savvy
colleagues who just want to get up and running with open source software. So I
do appreciate the constant back and forth on the lists by all members. Even the
most vocal, annoying poster(s?) often provide valuable insight and thought
provoking discussions. I realize I could just filter all messages from
compulsive posters, but I don't see that as the most elegant solution. My goal
is to participate in this community, after all.
I would advise all list members, devs and users alike, that you don't have to
show up for every fight you're invited to. Your time is too valuable to
squander on personal conflicts.
Ralf, maybe you could consider posting to the forums more than emailing the
lists. Also just get a blog and document these struggles of yours. I'm sure it
would be well appreciated by many of the noobs and veterans alike. It's clear
you possess ample technical knowledge along with the personality traits
necessary to draw and hold an audience. Also, your linguistic abilities
position you perfectly to help many of us get a better picture of what's
happening in the non-English speaking world of Linux multimedia. Try a blog.
You'll be a hit overnight, I'm sure.
I subscribe to these lists to keep abreast of what's going on in 64studio
releases and development as well as real world applications, in order to be
helpful to friends and clients using the mostly uhhacked, out of the box,
64studio distro. But I do appreciate hearing of the travails of others with
open source music production. Time and place for everything, they say.
Thanks again to all the devs and users who make this distro happen.
Hope this helps,
Jim (himay)
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