[LAU] [LAD] So what do you think sucks about Linux audio ? OP reply.

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On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:20:03 -0600
Charles Z Henry <czhenry at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine <
> alexandre.prokoudine at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 1:52 AM, Charles Z Henry wrote:
> >
> > > I think that linux is much more well known and it's easier than ever to
> > get
> > > started.  So--might I suggest to do something more for student outreach?
> > > What do you think would make a difference?
> >
> > Off-top of my head, try to get involved with Google Summer of Code.
> >
> 
> > The graphics folks are traditionally well represented there: Blender,
> > GIMP, Krita, Inkscape, Scribus, OpenCV et al. Less so for video, and
> > even less for audio.
> >
> > Alexandre Prokoudine
> 
> 
> How about sponsoring good ol fashioned senior projects?  Big and visible
> events like Google Summer of Code will be good for some students who want a
> summer project on their resumes, but there's a comparatively larger number
> of students who need to do a senior project every year.  Likewise the art
> and music students need to create some kind of senior year portfolio or
> recital.
> 
> I'm sure many of you in academics can (and do) encourage your students to
> work with Linux.  We may not need funding like GSOC, just some way to get
> more recognition of using linux as a platform for academic projects.
> 
> Chuck

I'm wondering if more attention could be drawn to the Linux Audio Conference,
although I don't really know what would be the best way to achieve this, or
even whether it might be seen as too geeky for most people.

Incidentally I'm hoping to go this year (not registered yet), and for several
years I've thought about submitting some of my music, but the process seems
rather convoluted for what is almost a 'throwaway' item in the conference.

-- 
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.