On 1/16/11, Ken Restivo wrote: >> > Don't forget native Linux VST's, their number is steadily growing also. >> > I think I have about 60 to 70 of those sitting on my harddrive. >> > Unfortunately there are very few hosts. >> >> The last sentence quite nails it :) > > I can't stand the whole idea of closed-source VSTs and plugins and synths. I do genuinely believe that Autostatic was referring to open sourced VSTs. > Yeah, I'm one of THOSE guys. > > Seriously, I'm using linux becuase of the freedom, the open source, and the > political aspect of it. That's why I run it. I wouldn't bother with it > otherwise. I can't possibly imagine political aspect of writing music. Oh wait, Peter Gabriel did it with "Biko". Right :) > If I wanted to use proprietary, closed-source software, why would I even try > to get it running on Linux at all? > > Taking this a bit father: if convenience, "user experience", time, > availability, commercial support, etc were REALLY important, why wouldn't I > just get a MacBook Pro like everyone else has, and run that? A tad too far, maybe? :) Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
