On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 4:09 PM, jrogers<jrogers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:>>> Message: 28>> Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:54:22 +0300>> From: Asmo Koskinen <asmo.koskinen@xxxxxxxxxx>>> Subject: Re: ubuntu realtime.>> I did not take quotes from the following link because the whole thing deserves> a (re)read> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-studio-users/2009-April/004507.html>> This bummed be out so I had to quote this:>> Almost down for the count, Cory K.>> The note was a plea for help so I would like to see what we can do.>> There are so many things to discuss and so many possible directions to go in…> Just thinking about it can be overwhelming…>> Free (not free beer, but “freedom”) is wonderful, but it ironically can be> more paralyzing than “confinement”, so let me start with a simple and self> limiting proposal:>> I tried to write this list a few times, and every time it got too long and> complicated. At the risk of being flamed here is my “simple” list:>> - Manual install (like arch Linux) is fine and probably preferred. (manual is> fine, but complete default instructions would be needed)> - specific hardware (i.e. motherboard, video card and audio interface) is fine> - most/all of the “popular” audio apps with a kernel that combined to create a> system that was extremely stable and had reasonable latency (less than 10ms?> Or maybe less than 7ms? What ever can be done with reasonable and reliable> settings?)> - I would donate at least $100 per year (If a thousand people joined me that> would be $100K… Could one person full time, or several people part-time sign> up for that?> - I would donate a few years in advance… say three years… (If this would help> someone/some-few decide to do this)> - I would also help out. This assumes the individual or small core team would> dedicate sufficient time to partition the tasks in a way that would facilitate> widespread involvement.>> Questions:>> Ignoring resources (money, people, etc) is it reasonable to build and maintain> such a distribution?>> Is $100k per year enough? If not how much is needed?>> Are 1000 users at $100 reasonable to expect? How about 2000 at $50? Or 500 at> $200 (I would consider donating $200/year) Strike that… If this existed today> I would donate $200.>>> I know that the conventional wisdom is that Linux audio is not for “new Linux> users” but I think that is the root of the “chicken/egg” problem that we have> here. A predictable, stable, reliable audio distribution may generate the> support that the particular distribution (and Linux audio in general) needs to> get to the next level.>> Can we “prime this pump” with a conservative but very useful distribution?>> _______________________________________________> Linux-audio-user mailing list> Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user> Seems that this thread's energy got shorted out somewhere. Too bad. Fun read._______________________________________________Linux-audio-user mailing listLinux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
