[LAD] Kim did the switch to Linux

[Paul Davis]

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 5:43 AM, Ralf Mardorf<ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> Maybe he just replied to another mail and wanted to point out some problems
> that are the cause, that there are so less people using Linux real-time
> audio. I guess a developers list isn't a bad place to do it.
> I don't have the impression that he wanted to attack you ;).

The developers on this list are already perfectly aware of the issues.
Repeating them ad nauseam doesn't help solve them.

>>> I spent 5 hours last week to help somebody to get his (pro) audio
>>> working on Linux... He says to his girlfriend, you better spend a 1000
>>> euro's for such a white macbook, then things just work...
>>>
>>
>> unless of course you need to use an aggregate device and inadvertently
>> use an app that resets the sample rate and you lose one "side" of the
>> device (playback or capture). or maybe you just use a mac mini with
>> the defaults and notice totally crappy sound quality (clicks and ticks
>> everywhere) that don't go away until you buy a new audio interface or
>> reboot regularly. or you run the OS X update utility and the new wifi
>> drivers kill audio latency. or you already have a firewire interface
>> and you forget to notice that the macbook you just bought doesn't have
>> firewire anymore. etc. etc. etc.
>>
>
> Why do you make this noise?

To illustrate that the often repeated claim that "things just work (on
OS X)" isn't actually trie.

>>> I don't know if I can really recommend Linux for pro audio to normal
>>> human beings... at least I should say, you need a lot of time, not easy
>>> give up on things and a lot of patience...
>>>
>>
>> then get off this list and leave us to our playthings. or better yet,
>> spend time critiquing the current state of the "out of the box"
>> experience with the people who **actually provide**  the out of the
>> box experience.
>>
>
> Why do you make this noise?

because i am sick and tired of people complaining to *developers*
about the out-of-box experience when this is something that we do not
control.