15 Sep
2014
15 Sep
'14
4:49 a.m.
On 09/14/2014 11:55 AM, Len Ovens wrote:
On Sun, 14 Sep 2014, Gene Heskett wrote:
After watching a musically-capable but non-technical friend of ours
struggle through three different Windows systems (built, configured and
supplied by one of the companies that sells pro music stuff, I forget
exactly which ones he's gone through, with their extensive technical
support help) in his effort to make music using computers ... Windows
can't provide an OOTB pro audio experience, either.
Hate to say this, but Macintosh might be the better choice for OOTB pro
audio if someone's not interested in learning enough to do it through Linux.
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On Sunday 14 September 2014 11:53:06 Len Ovens
did opine
Everyone has to start somewhere. I think it is possible to have a better
OOTB linux machine than windows. If the person interested in trying
linux can't do better with "out of the box", they may just give up. If
they already have something better, goinng farther makes sense. I agree that would make a lot of sense. I think
there are some other
tools that could do some of these things too. However, many people
even in linux audio rely on OOTB setups. It is hard for a distro to
Folks who aren't willing to ask questions and do what they are told,
should probably stick with one size fits all poorly windows. The
addition