[linux-audio-user] Re: sound & midi applications page, was Re: [Consortium] linuxaudio.org

[Paul Winkler]

On Sun, Feb 01, 2004 at 09:47:55AM +0000, Richard Bown wrote:
> On Saturday 31 January 2004 21:35, Paul Winkler wrote:
> > The topic is: a site to replace Dave Phillips' venerable,
> > labor-intensive, hand-maintained sound applications page.
> > It must allow visitors to easily add, update, and correct
> > entries for linux audio/music apps.
> > Probably also user reviews & commentary on applications.
> 
> ObPlug: Our putative Linux Musician site is aiming to do exactly this kind of 
> thing.  Not a WIKI (because it is edited) but a place where people can post 
> app links, reviews, tutorials etc.  I'm not suggesting it's there to  replace 
> anything (before the flames come on) just augmenting what's already there and 
> aimed squarely at the user/musician:

I just had another look (I've seen the site before and read
several of the articles). It's a very nice general-purpose "portal" 
kinda site.  But it doesn't have a full-featured app database features, 
just links and very brief descriptions. So, I see this as nicely 
complementary to what I want to do. 

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