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

Ralf Mardorf ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net
Sun Feb 10 16:18:28 UTC 2013


On Sun, 2013-02-10 at 10:43 -0500, drew Roberts wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Ralf Mardorf
> <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> > On Sun, 2013-02-10 at 08:55 -0500, drew Roberts wrote:
> >> On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 8:37 AM, Ralf Mardorf
> >> <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> >> > On Sun, 2013-02-10 at 12:17 +0100, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
> >> >> On 02/10/2013 01:59 AM, gerald.mwangi at gmx.de wrote:
> >> >>
> >> snip
> >> >
> >> > Using Linux, keeping the workflow can become a PITA, just by updating
> >> > the DE ;), there are no updates for a 8 track analog recorder.
> >>
> >> So just buy an already setup, tested, and warranted computer from
> >> someone who knows what they are doing. Then, ***do not update it
> >> yourself*** [snip]
> >
> > Hi Drew,
> >
> > you replied off-list. Was this intended?
> 
> Oops. No, will try to resend.
> >
> > A lot of people exactly do this, they pay for pre-build computers. Those
> > computers anyway fail more often than stand alone devices do ;).
> 
> What are stand alone digital recorders on the inside?

A "computer", call it "desktop computer" or what ever you like to name
it, is an "eierlegende Wollmilchsau"
( http://www.dict.cc/?s=eierlegende+Wollmilchsau ), stand alone devices
are optimized for a single task.

> > Regarding to the updating issue, caused by some Linux DEs, there are
> > audio distros taking care about this, so they come with less risky DEs.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ralf



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