On Monday 28 February 2011 21:09:12 Rob wrote: > 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. Work flow conservation and interoperability (the I-word again!). I have important mixes for Cakewalk which ran on Win98, last windows I had but no longer works. I have MIDI tools that run somewhat with WINE. Harisson's program looks quite good ... for something I start new from scratch. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
