20 Jun
2005
20 Jun
'05
8:22 p.m.
2. Audacity is my editor of choice, but it's not
happy
with JACK.
it uses portaudio, a cross platform portability layer / audio
abstraction layer.
[...]
5. Easy integration into distributions isn't
mature yet.
Mandrake has been improving a lot in this area with each
version. In fact I usual choose to upgrade when they
support something new in the sound area. It's great to
have things like CCRMA, and previously Thac, but
distributions should really get on board here.
Aren't there any Thac packages anymore for Mandrive? If so,
when did Thac drop the support for Mandriva? It's important,
because I planned to mention the Thac packages in my talk on
Thursday.
[...]
8. Vendor, e.g. soundcard makers, support of Linux is
not
universal. Many vendors are moving to firewire, and Linux
doesn't yet support that via open or closed drivers that
I'm aware of.
true, but there's hope:
http://freebob.sf.net
Best regards
ce