it will all work normally under linux, it is osx that doesn't use alsa.<br><br>porl<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 02/01/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">julien lociuro</b> <<a href="mailto:julien.lociuro@gmail.com">
julien.lociuro@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div>
<div>Hi Robert,</div>
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<div>Thanks for your advices.</div>
<div>There is something I did not really understand:</div><span class="q"><span>
<div>> As far as audio applications go, if the application can use portaudio,<br>> jack or coreaudio, you're probably fine, but if it needs alsa then<br>> you're not. This applies to midi as well, which is quite a limitation at
<br>> the moment, but will become less so as jack midi catches on.<br> </div></span><span></span></span>
<div>With the above you say that midi & alsa will not work. But will not work in MacOSX or on a Mac (even with a linux partition) in general?</div>
<div>I mean, is it possible to install linux (have dual boot: mac osx and linux) on a Mac, and from a linux distro like 64Studio, use midi and alsa properly?</div>
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<div>Thanks!</div><span class="sg">
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<div>Julien</div></span></div><div><span class="e" id="q_117367bcee30cf64_5">
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">julien lociuro wrote:<br>> Is it worthy to buy a Mac Book pro? Has anyone ever worked with this
<br>> machine?
<br>> I see that a linux can be installed on it. Is this recommended? Has<br>> anyone worked with the Mac OSX?<br>> Can we directly install linux apps on it as it is unix-bases os? (with<br>> some additional libs?)
<br>A lot of *nix apps will work on mac os x either in a Cocoa native<br>version or using X11. There are various package management systems to<br>help you with this if you like, such as Fink, Darwinports and Gentoo.<br>They all have their pros and cons, for instance I've found that Fink's
<br>packages are often a little out of date, while the other two usually<br>build from source, which can be an inconvenience.<br><br>As far as audio applications go, if the application can use portaudio,<br>jack or coreaudio, you're probably fine, but if it needs alsa then
<br>you're not. This applies to midi as well, which is quite a limitation at<br>the moment, but will become less so as jack midi catches on.<br><br>Apart from this, I can't think of any ways in which you are likely to be
<br>worse off running intel mac os as opposed to Linux, except that it is<br>probably possible to squeeze extra performance out of Linux system. From<br>what I understand, the Mach-based kernel that OS X was quite<br>inefficient, although I have also read somewhere either that this has
<br>changed somewhat or that it is going to change sooner or later. My<br>memory is a bit foggy here, so you'll have to do your own research.<br><br><br>><br>> Also, my concern is that it really costs a lot..in europe, 1800? for
<br>> the basic model (15" monitor).<br>> With that money, isn't it better to buy another great laptop?<br>If you want to run an OS apart from Linux, you're much better off with<br>Mac OS than Windows. There are, in any case, a number of ways to run
<br>Windows apps in Mac OS.<br>><br>> Also, is there any problem with laptops and linux? How can I be sure<br>> linux could installed on it..(graphic card, processor, firewire..)<br>There are a number of websites addressing Linux laptop compatibility.
<br>The Ubuntu wiki I think has a good section on this. This can be a very<br>tricky area. Chances are that intel macs will be relatively well<br>supported like their predecessors, but you will need to do your<br>research. One advantage of a mac is that if you do have problems with
<br>Linux hardware support, then you will at least have the option of<br>switching to another quality OS that definitely "just works".<br>><br>> Advices welcome!!<br>><br>> Thank you very much.<br>>
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