On 03/02/2011 06:57 PM, Kim Cascone wrote: >> I don't really understand your criticism on those convoluted layers upon >> layers. > > http://www.tuxradar.com/content/how-it-works-linux-audio-explained > > read this to see how people outside this list view Linux audio > Hello Kim, Yes I know that article, which is very biased I think, but I was referring to your article on CDM in which you state that for music production on Linux one only needs ALSA (or FFADO for FireWire) and JACK. >> As for tweaking conf >> files, at the moment there are very few files you might have to tweak, >> /etc/security/limits.d/audio.conf (or /etc/security/limits.conf) for the >> necessary permissions, maybe /etc/systcl.conf for some performance gain >> and /etc/fstab to add noatime to the necessary mounts. > > yeah thanks, been there - done that -- sorry but that statement right > there is why most people working in music won't come anywhere near Linux > for production > Sorry Kim, I didn't want to sound patronizing :( There are people working on making it easier to set this up, I've seen some mock-ups for Ubuntu Studio and Filipe Coelho from KX Studio is working on something similar too. >> Imho I think you can add conservatism, sheer ignorance or simple denial >> that stuff can be done with Linux;) > I'd say that 'simple denial' exists on both sides of the issue ;) > You mean that I for example don't know about the needs and desires of potential Linux audio users? Best, Jeremy _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
