Len Ovens <len(a)ovenwerks.net> writes:
On Fri, 1 Jun 2018, jonetsu wrote:
Without Linux this would not happen as it is.
One can drive another
brand of car to get somewhere but then, it's not THAT car anymore but
another. Do Linux audio creators have to use exclusive Linux
tools ?
As happens, my car runs on Linux too. I was browsing the (long) list
of licences...
From another POV, can anyone make music without Linux if they are
using any modern "hardware" synths or effects?
Well, there is a reason I was using "general purpose operating system"
in my proposed definition. But by far most of my instruments predate
Linux, particularly as an OS attractive for embedded systems (more due
to the development of the average size of memory for embedded systems
than any inherent merit of Linux itself I guess). Personally, I'd
rather like to be in possession of the blueprints to my 1960 accordion,
but I suppose that would be more in the GNU than the Linux spirit.
--
David Kastrup