[LAD] Kim did the switch to Linux

[Thomas Vecchione]

Damn Reply-To-All, yet again.

On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Thomas Vecchione <seablaede at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Chuckk Hubbard <badmuthahubbard at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> I guess my thought was that people who want to use audio
>> professionally are less likely to make decisions based on what
>> requires the least effort, which seems to be the main bragging point
>> for OSX as well as the main complaint about Linux.
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> They are more likely to choose what works for them.
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> Which for many people OS X works for them out of the box.  Linux doesn't
> even come close at this point to doing so out of the box for most people.
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> So lets say I am an audio professional about to upgrade, ignoring financial
> things for the moment for various reasons.  I have a choice.  I can either
> go with OS X and get an experience that works out of the box for what I need
> it to.  Or I can go with Linux and spend hours learning a new OS and
> tinkering with the commandline, before I can even start to work
> professionally.
>
> For many people there isn't much choice there.
>
>          Seablade
>
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