[NM] OT: Anybody working with musical Linux applications? need opinions

[Doug Wellington]

On 11/28/06, Drew Smith (mux) <nord at mux.ca> wrote:
> I've been a fulltime Linux network administrator by trade for the
> past... eleven years or so?

Heehee, I remember when the linux distro was two 3.5" floppies!  I've
been a full time system admin type since 1987, before linux and even
the web existed...  (Hey sonny!  Hand me my cane, will ya?)

> Yes, there are some pretty good Linux audio apps out there, but frankly,
> Linux is my day job, and the idea of having to futz about with tricky audio
> configurations, semi-supported and unsupported audio hardware and flaky
> opensource apps in the studio just makes me... not want to go into the studio.

I'm with YOU - I spend most of my day working with linux boxes.  When
I go home, I don't want to look at a linux box!  And most of all, I
don't want to have to take care of a linux box and the "patch du jour"
update routine...  Ugh...

I chose to go with an intel Mac, and I even run Windows XP on it with
Parallels.  Gives me the best of all worlds!  (OK, OK, I admit it, I
actually do have Linux installed in a Parallels VM for when I need
that extra bit of punishment...)  ;-)

With OS X, I really like that I can stay on the surface and just deal
with the Aqua GUI, or I can open a terminal window and do everything
that can be done with any other Unix-like system.  Including JackOSX
(I think jack was PBD's best idea), Ardour, Audacity, etc.  But, when
I'm done wasting time dinking around and want to get some real music
stuff done, I switch to Cubase, DP, Logic or Live.  There's just no
substitute for a professional audio program - and nothing on Linux is
yet up to that standard...

Doug

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