28 Nov
2004
28 Nov
'04
6:28 p.m.
Lee Revell wrote:
On Sun, 2004-11-28 at 13:51 +0100, Marek Peteraj
wrote:
That's me. I admit that I'm not an Open Source purist, my kernel is
tainted by a closed source Nvidia driver so that I can play UT2004 on
Linux. What are my alternatives? Play UT2004 under Windows? That's not
going to happen. What are the alternatives for Linux pro audio users?
(1) Linux & closed source drivers. (2)Windows & closed source
everything. (3) Mac & closed source drivers. (4) Build your own open
source based audio interfaces. (5) As was mentioned before, "start a
dialogue with Audioscience". If RME has a Fireface 800 osx driver it
shouldn't be that hard to port to Linux. Open Source software is winning
some impressive battles, but it's not going to win them all. "Rome
wasn't built in a day" if you understand what I mean.
Rick B
I really like the philosophy of not letting any
closed source drivers
into the kernel. In the end i only saw people upset because their XY
nvidia or ATI driver wasn't working.
That's a perfectly valid point. But for every disgruntled nvidia user
there are 100 who are just happy to be able to play UT2004. As Jan
said, open source is not a religion for every Linux user, and like it or
not, if you have superior hardware and good drivers there are many Linux
users who will buy your gear, open source or not.
Lee