Shayne O'Connor wrote: >On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 18:56, Russell Hanaghan wrote: > > > >>As I responded to Mark's statement, the adjusted wording and sentiment >>is this; do as you will with what you will. I aint no ones daddy when >>it comes to Linux, windows or otherwise. :) >> >> > >i understand what you meant though - why put in the effort to make a >windows app work on linux, when there is some really great open-source >software in development? ... more to the point, it probly wasn't a good >idea for me to suggest too much investigation of windows apps in this >list ... > > But why not ? I occasionally test a variety of Windows audio apps under WINE, though I've not kept current with the recent WINE releases. And as many here know, I'm extremely wedded to Sequencer Plus Gold, a MIDI sequencer I run under DOSemu. RG and MusE are truly wonderful apps, but I've invested quite a lot of time into mastering Seq+ and it suits my needs perfectly. If it runs under a Linux-based DOS emulation environment then I'm a very happy camper, even moreso since I don't even need a bona fide MS-DOS installation (DOSemu works beautifully with FreeDOS). Btw, AudioMulch works nicely with WINE too. Perhaps a page similar to the "Linux & VST" list is approaching do-ability ? It could be a listing of Windoze soundapps that run under WINE, how well they run, what it takes, etc. Such a page might be a helpful reference for WINE developers too. And maybe for every Windows app you get running you donate an amount equal to its price to the open-source alternative of your choice ? Oooh, wicked Dave ! ;-) Best, dp
