2 Jun
2018
2 Jun
'18
2:27 a.m.
On Fri, 01 Jun 2018 21:36:52 +0200
David Kastrup <dak(a)gnu.org> wrote:
Considering how hard the task of finding a computer
without
"proprietary blobs"
This is why is used 'basically', quoted below. I thought about it and
decided I did not want to go the lawyer way, with clauses and
disclaimers and all that.
> Then, people might ask, why make it a point ?
People are not saying
> "made with Windows" after all. It is then that what makes Linux
> different comes through and it is why the point is made. One of
> those differences is that Linux is an Open and free operating
> system with no hidden software parts basically. It is not a
> proprietary OS owned by a company. That point only makes a large
> difference as a statement, as a choice, perhaps even as a political
> statement.
So if I use, say, a Solton MS-40 (a device released in
1994 or so, so
not actually predating Linux as such but at least its usefulness for
such a device) for my arranger or even Midi expander tasks but use
Linux for my DAW purposes, the music is not Linux-made. Even when I
don't use the arranger but just the Midi expander?
Using an acoustic accordion allows me to stay
"Linux-made" while
connecting the same accordion with a Midi interface (that has its own
firmware in EPROM, no less) to my Linux computer then precludes
"Linux-made"?
And if I only use acoustic instruments but record
using a DAW on
Linux, the result is "Linux-made" as long as I don't use a soundcard
with its own firmware?
OK ok ok. I have an idea. Let's make music instead. How does it
sound ? :)
Cheers.