Konstantinos Margaritis wrote:
> > > Actually it is a little more complicated than that. Audio in Linux is not > that strong, and it is not yet IMHO, something that lures users to the > Linux world, and I have yet to hear someone that has running MIDI > running on a ppc-based linux. Not to underestimate the power that it > offers, but if you are interested in audio only, stick to MacOS, as it > offers some really powerful software. > Actually, there exists audio software in linux (intel, SGI) and it's quite well developed and supported. I agree that MacOS offers great tools but they're too expensive for me. I prefer suppoting free software development as well as (the new concept 0f) free music. Also, audio (or any software for that matter) runs faster under linux (i've done some benchmarks, I know) and linux offers a more flexible work environment. I'm still forced to work under MacOS and I still use some expensive software but I'd be more than happy to get rid of all commercial software, which sometimes seems to be less stable than equivalent tools under linux. I could provide a couple of examples of apps that sell for over $200 and are basically in a beta stage. Right now I have access to an IBM computer on which I run linux with some of the apps I'm intersted in and I'm very happy. Just hope I will be able to use my PPC in the same way soon. Considering that Mac architecture offers more power and stability it'd be wonderful if someone could develop some good quality sound support. Unfortunately I don't have enough programming experience to undertake such a project. Programs that run in MacOS are definitely more user-friendly (as the whole system is) but sometimes it's a trade-off in performance/usability. Linux apps give me much more flexibility. Some of those tools exist in MacOS and some are free (Csound, Cecilia) but there are many other great applications that run under linux,, do what I want and I haven't seen their equivakents in MacOS. Consider. MiS
