[LAU] [LAD] So what do you think sucks about Linux audio ?

[Rui Nuno Capela]

On 02/05/2013 07:26 PM, Louigi Verona wrote:
> Devin wrote:
>
> "
> /1.) Developer releases software.
> 2.) Users download software.
> 3.) Users don't give feedback, or give very little feedback, on software.
> 4.) Developer doesn't continue to develop software because (s)he's
> unmotivated to continue due to a perceived lack of community interest
> and/or because his/her requirements for the software are satisfied.
> 5.) Bit-rot ensues./
> "
>
> This is very interesting because it displays that Linux, as a hobbyist
> operating system, has a very different motivational set. While on
> Windows developers won't typically start writing software unless they
> have researched the market and are sure it will be used, on Linux a
> developer usually writes software for himself.
>
> In fact, I think even bigger software, like Qtractor, is written as a
> hobby (Rui, correct me if I am wrong).
>

correct. has been, it is and will be, have no doubt about that.


> In other words, software on Linux is usually developer-driven, not
> user-driven. And this constructs a totally different community and
> attitude and method of communication. Linux, at its core, is an
> operating system for developers, for people who want to write their own
> stuff.
>

it just happens that i do eat my own dogfood, so maybe i count as 
separate as a dev and as a user? :)


> To rephrase it, I would also say that Linux Audio as an environment
> lacks competition. You don't have to worry your software is out of date
> or that someone else introduced a new feature. What is seen as
> duplicating features by many is really a mechanism for quality and
> innovation. Here, on Linux, there is no such thing as market
> competition. And thus - no natural selection of software, so to speak.
>

byee
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