10 Feb
2013
10 Feb
'13
5:18 p.m.
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(a)alice-dsl.net> wrote:
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.
On Sun, 2013-02-10 at 08:55 -0500, drew Roberts
wrote:
Oops. No, will try to resend.
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 8:37 AM, Ralf Mardorf
<ralf.mardorf(a)alice-dsl.net> wrote:
Hi Drew,
you replied off-list. Was this intended? On Sun, 2013-02-10 at 12:17 +0100, Jörn
Nettingsmeier wrote:
> On 02/10/2013 01:59 AM, gerald.mwangi(a)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]
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? > 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