8 Feb
2013
8 Feb
'13
7:20 a.m.
On Tue, 2013-02-05 at 12:34 -0800, Len Ovens wrote:
On Tue, February 5, 2013 8:10 am, Dave Phillips
wrote:
In Germany there aren't much stores, but anyway, if you order hardware,
you can give it back and then you get your money back.
But that does mean that you always need to completely test the hardware
when you buy it, something that isn't always possible. I bought my card,
but completely tested it a year after I bought it.
Regards,
Ralf
On 02/05/2013 10:42 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
Most good music stores will let you try before buying. I take my computer
right into the store and plug things in. It does mean I don't buy stuff
that requires extra tweaks... just stuff that "just works".
This approach also lets those who run these stores know linux users are
out there and that they do buy based on "works with linux". On Tue, 2013-02-05 at 10:37 -0500, Dave Phillips
wrote:
Hi Ralf,
Well, since I don't really know what you really mean by "really"
supported, I'll hazard my own method:
if (device != FIREWIRE_DEVICE)
check (ALSA && 4Front)
print status
else
check FFADO
print status
endif
Wrt USB: The snd-usb-audio module is an ALSA module, but class
compliance makes things a little more difficult. My method wrt USB
compatibility is to ask Clemens. :) I've found a simple metric. Just open a
Sweetwater catalog to the pages
for computer audio interfaces and count the ones with Linux support.
How do you
ensure that an audio device _really_ is supported?