[linux-audio-user] Re: Gnome Wave Cleaner

Thanks for trying, Fernando. If I lived closer (than N. Idaho) I'd come down there and sweep the floors or restore user's files from backup to give you a little time to do more of the great work you've done putting Planet CCRMA together so "Linux challenged" users like me can do more music and less computer. I did CAD application and OS support for 15 years at HP/Agilent and I know how little time there is left over after just keeping the wheels on! Hang in there. 8^) Here's more of a philosophical question. Can someone help me understand why installing an app like Gnome Wave Cleaner on a "standard", clean Linux distribution like my Fedora Core 3 from CCRMA is so d??n difficult? Shouldn't all these libraries, etc just already be there? I can maybe understand the unusual ones like "fftw" (Fastest Fourier Transform in the West) but why all the missing Gnome components? It's probably only me that's missing something but it seems to me that Linux is never going to become even close to mainstream (maybe we don't want it to be mainstream) until it gets a good, consistent across all distros, way of installing apps that just works. I love using Linux and, as always, I'm open to feedback, suggestions, education, etc. (Especially education!) 8^) Thanks, Mike Mike Jewell One-Up Audio On Mon, 2005-08-08 at 18:26 -0700, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote: