On Sun, 2012-01-29 at 10:46 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sun, 2012-01-29 at 07:22 +0800, Oon-Ee Ng wrote: > > On Jan 29, 2012 3:29 AM, "Tom Gundersen" <teg@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 7:59 PM, Ralf Mardorf > > > <ralf.mardorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Sat, 2012-01-28 at 18:30 +0100, Tom Gundersen wrote: > > > >> For what it's worth, PA and Jack have a protocol to peacefully > > > >> coexist. So, if you use Jack, even if PA is installed and running, PA > > > >> will move out of the way and everything should "just work". > > > > > > > > Sorry, I can't be quiet, because this isn't true. > > > > > > It should be possible, though I don't use Jack, so this is all I know: > > > > > > <http://trac.jackaudio.org/wiki/JackDbusPackaging> > > > > > > -t > > It is true, using jack 2 and pulse. Lots of hear say and too little actual > > knowledge in these sort of threads... "Alsa works perfectly for me, pulse > > doesn't, it sucks and its maintainer has a secret agenda against all Linux > > pros...." > > Are you a professional audio engineer using Linux audio? You're using > Jack DBus? For what kind of productions? What setup do you use? > > Even if Jack DBus should be ok for my needs, it's uneconomic to switch > back from familiar setup. ^^^^ away (English isn't my native language ;) > > A lot of people need to switch from GNOME to Xfce, not because of PA, > since PA easily can be replaced by a dummy package, but because of other > bad changes. You can't do such hard changes of the work flow in a > professional environment from one day to the other, when several people > are involved. > > FWIW I'm jobless at the moment, but my life career is audio and video > engineer for around 30 years, from small studios to world famous > companies. I might have less knowledge about Linux, but I know about > professional audio work flow. > > Comments like you makes a majority of engineers use Apple and Windows > for pro-audio, while Linux would be the better choice, if there wouldn't > be such issues and comments like yours. > > Regards, > > Ralf
