On Saturday 13 July 2002 10:56 pm, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting Rom Flores ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Linux is too hard for the "average home user" according to the guy who > > wrote this. > > > > http://members.optusnet.com.au/~knigits/articles/switched_back.html > > Rule of thumb: Almost all articles (and mailing list / newsgroup posts) > containing the phrase "average home user" are nothing more than > protracted exercises in rationalising.
I'm still switching back to Windows and will continue to do it for 2 years or more. It sucks, really. And why? I love these digital audio/MIDI programs and I see no Linux versions for it in the future: Cubase VST Cakewalk Audio Pro Sound Forge Rebirth Fruity Loops I hope these music programs get ported to Linux fast. I might request their programming teams later. I'd also like to ask the pros and cons of ARts, OSS, and other sound technologies in Linux. How do they differ? Which one is preferable to use? Which is the most mature technology and the one that is likely to become the standard in Linux audio multimedia? Is audio/MIDI support in Linux mature enough to enable the programmers of digital audio/MIDI programs to switch to Linux? By the way, my sound card is a rather underpowered but excellent C-Media Electronics CM8738. I've tried to use the Linux MIDI players (Timidity, etc) on it. Problem is, they all sound tinny. Windows has excellent support for General MIDI though, and the excellent Windows drivers could make the instruments in my sound card sound lifelike. I do loops and remixes of MIDI data with Cakewalk and Fruity Loops, and the MIDI audio quality is superb. When I'm in Linux, MIDI sounds tinny. Perhaps someday... TIA, mikol _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
