Re: [linux-audio-dev] regarding the 2nd Book Of Linux Music & Sound

I bought my latest computer book some ten years ago. Things go too fast nowadays and from the moment the author ends the writing until it reaches my bookshop the information it contains is already dated. Furthermore, linux audio is at a fluid point where many things are coming together, but are not there just yet for the end user. As far as I am concerned, and of course YMMV, key areas where I feel commercial software is still years ahead are Virtual Studio and WYSIWYG music notation, among others. What is the profile of the potential reader? Non-technical people will be scared of Linux if their distro doesn't detect their hardware at the installation. Developers are used to find the information they need on the net, although they can appreciate a good reference book on _stable_ technologies. For the technically oriented musician perhaps there is not that much readily usable software yet. I think I wouldn't take the job if the only reasons were financial. Perhaps in a couple of years. Until then, I am looking forward to this web that aggregates the scattered resources around that people have been talking about. My 2 eurocents, Luis