6 Aug
2009
6 Aug
'09
11:46 p.m.
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 5:43 AM, Ralf Mardorf<ralf.mardorf(a)alice-dsl.net> wrote:
Why do you make this noise?
To illustrate that the often repeated claim that "things just work (on
OS X)" isn't actually trie.
Why do you make this noise?
because i am sick and tired of people complaining to *developers*
about the out-of-box experience when this is something that we do not
control.
Maybe he just replied to another mail and wanted to
point out some problems
that are the cause, that there are so less people using Linux real-time
audio. I guess a developers list isn't a bad place to do it.
I don't have the impression that he wanted to attack you ;).
The developers on this list are already perfectly aware of the issues.
Repeating them ad nauseam doesn't help solve them.
I spent 5 hours last week to help somebody to get his
(pro) audio
working on Linux... He says to his girlfriend, you better spend a 1000
euro's for such a white macbook, then things just work...
unless of course you need to use an aggregate device and inadvertently
use an app that resets the sample rate and you lose one "side" of the
device (playback or capture). or maybe you just use a mac mini with
the defaults and notice totally crappy sound quality (clicks and ticks
everywhere) that don't go away until you buy a new audio interface or
reboot regularly. or you run the OS X update utility and the new wifi
drivers kill audio latency. or you already have a firewire interface
and you forget to notice that the macbook you just bought doesn't have
firewire anymore. etc. etc. etc.
I don't know if I can really recommend Linux for
pro audio to normal
human beings... at least I should say, you need a lot of time, not easy
give up on things and a lot of patience...
then get off this list and leave us to our playthings. or better yet,
spend time critiquing the current state of the "out of the box"
experience with the people who **actually provide** the out of the
box experience.