On Monday 28 February 2011 13:22, Mark Knecht wrote: > I wonder how we could evangelize Linux Audio more effectively to the > outside world? Ardour-in-a-box (meaning not a retail box, but a self-contained, optimally configured Linux distro that boots quickly from CD or flash drive, detects everything, sets up Jack appropriately and autoruns Ardour) would probably help some. I've noticed that most of the studio people I know still get a lot of their information from magazines, so maybe some kind of fundraising drive to get a full page ad in, like, Mix would be useful. Preferably one that humanizes the software, rather than just a screenshot and some bullet points and "free free free". I also know a guy who, as recently as 2 years ago, was still procuring old equipment so he could keep running Windows 98 and CEP or whatever software it is that he's been using all this time. Workflow conservatism is what's driving people like him, in both hardware and software. I think competing with that will be harder than going after noobs, even with "Does more than ProTools LE does and it's free and works on more hardware" as a carrot. Campaigning to get the better Ardour video tutorials (on Youtube) featured on the different audio news sites might be helpful too. Rob _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
