[linux-audio-user] Re: [ardour-users] jack_fst and gcc4

[CHAZ WORM]

Mark Knecht wrote:

>I'll go even a bit further. VSts are Windows programs and they should
>just work under Wine. Paul & Torben's time is probably better spent
>elsewhere.
>
>I'd like to see every Linux Audio user interested in this subject
>start pressing the Wine folks to support this themselves. Let's pay
>attention to the Windows apps that can host VSTs and VSTi's. Acid Pro
>is a commercial one that comes to mind. Fruity Loops, etc. There's got
>to be free VST loaders out there for Windows. Older versions of Acid
>install and run  fine under Wine but do not handle VSTs very well. The
>new versions don't install or run.
>
>Putting together yet another hack outside of Wine that will run for 1
>year and then die when gcc5 comes out would be disappointing. Let's
>get the Wine folks to support this.
>
>Please enter apps in the Wine AppDB and enter test results in Wine's
>Bugzilla. If there are enough of us entering 100's of apps then
>they'll pay attention. Maybe not fast, but I believe they will.
>
>
>My 2 cents,
>Mark
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Bravo, bravo. I concur.  My sentiments exactly. Ditto

chaz