[linux-audio-dev] Re: image problem [was Re: [Alsa-devel] help for a levelmeter]

[Paul Davis]

>I really dont see much point in going from using Logic on a Mac to Logic
>on Linux.

for MacOS pre-X, stability and performance would be a great pair of
reasons to do this. but now that OS X is here, and apps like logic are
more or less available for it, no, i don't see much point in doing
that either. OS X is a major challenge to the linux audio religious
faithful. it works at least as well as linux, has or will very soon
have most major apps available, runs most unix-ish software and looks
nice. it doesn't help to provide open source apps and libraries,
however, and this really ends up being the major differentiation
between OS X and linux. i'm not going to bother writing GPL'ed code
for OS X because i can't go in and check how the layers of the OS and
GUI actually work. i can read the darwin code, its true, but my
impression has been that the darwin kernel you can build from the code
apple supply cannot replace the one OS X runs. OS X might "just work"
from a user space perspective, but i am pretty damn sure that there
are parts of its low level operation that require a deep understanding
in order to write effective low level audio apps. linux is the only
system i know where i am not blocked from understanding how *any* part
of the system operates, and changing it if necessary. for many users,
this translates into pain, confusion and wasted time compared to OS
X. but i'm not personally interested in how easy it is to build new
apps, i want to build a superb system and have anyone be able to
improve it. OS X does not let me do this because it isn't as
tinker-friendly as linux. 

--p