I noticed that too. There's not really any composition or...well, anything, really. I guess that if you're not doing anything really hard, it works OK.
I used to produce with Cubase VST/32 on OS9, which was an environment I enjoyed working in. When OS9 was abandoned and my mac died I continued with VST/32 on Windows2000, but it wasn't the same. Neither were the new versions of Cubase on OSX.
That would be because Cubase isn't really very good. I use Ableton Live and Reason.
My biggest problem with this situation was my old projects were stuck in this archaic format with nowhere to go
This is one of those Linux-idiot things that always irks the shit out of me. It's not "archaic" just because you changed programs.
Since then I've moved to Ardour on Ubuntu
Ardour works on OS X, too.
Best of all is Jack, there's nothing like it.
Yeah, there's nothing like it. Everyone else works, it doesn't.
The software isn't there, either. I mean, for DAWs, you kind of need VST support. This shit is basic; the only "serious" DAW on Windows that doesn't support VST is Reason because it's more often used as a ReWire slave for a DAW like Cubase or Ableton Live. I know you can make VSTs work under Linux, but it's a silly fucking pain in the ass to do and not really worth it.
I would extend your main point: the people who need professional audio aren't going to contribute to the Linux software because the cost/benefit doesn't match up with the cost/benefit from using stuff that's already there.
But "new career"? The person you replied to didn't call himself a sound engineer, and I don't either. Me, I'm a musician. I could probably build a subtractive synthesizer from scratch, with documentation; I do know my way around soldering irons, though not from audio work. But I am there to make music, and "it works" is a hell of a lot more valuable for me than "it's cheap."
PulseAudio is good unless, as I do, you need low-latency audio for digital audio work.
JACK, while an admirable idea, is currently a shit popsicle in terms of usefulness in this area. I have a Dell Studio 15 much like the article author's and ran Ubuntu 9.04 in an attempt to try out Linux for digital audio. Ardour and Rosegarden were okay (though nowhere near as useful as Ableton Live or Propellerhead Reason), but the problems with JACK were just way too much for me to fuck with. ASIO under Windows is optimal; DirectX under Windows is almost as good. JACK's latency was higher than DX, though lower than MME, and just wasn't really worth it for me.
Also, it's not their fault, I know, but the lack of VST support without a ton of stupid workarounds is really a deal-breaker.
Word 2007's bibliographic stuff is a lot better than Word 2003's, IMO.
I personally wouldn't argue that it's better on features, but better on presentation. OpenOffice has always felt slow-ish and very clunky. I paid for the Home version of Office 2007, and it's worth it to me just for the new interface and the more snappy feel than OpenOffice.
As I understand it (I don't do iPhone development), you are linking to the system library, you're just not distributing the system library. They perform the final linking by installing the app on their device.
Not true. You can interface with system libraries in order to develop GPL software on a platform. Otherwise, there could be no GPL'd.NET software (as it has to link to mscorlib.dll).
You're in the "nobody really cares" complaint zone with this, though. He may technically be in violation, but I doubt it's a violation that would stand up in court (as intent matters).
The funniest bit about this whole thing is that my business's products run on LAMP, because it's the best environment for it. I use Windows on the desktop because it works best for me. I don't call it the best one out there (as far as I'm concerned, OS X has that, I just don't feel like paying for a Mac), but all my business applications run on open-source.
Ctrl-Alt-Delete is handled below the explorer.exe level, and so still responds even if explorer.exe does not, but my point was that explorer hanging, as the angry little AC insisted, did not mean you had to reboot.
There's no inconsistency here. If you're guilty, taking the settlement gets you out from your obligations as a copyright infringer without killing your future. If you're innocent, you have no such obligations and so as to not fight is immoral.
I never said anything about sshing into a box that has a kernel lock.
Yeah, but I did. Read my first post: in most cases it's the graphics driver getting woefully confused and eating it, resulting in a hard lock. That's a kernel issue. I've been talking about a kernel issue the entire time, except where I bothered to laugh at you for your "well yeah but if X freezes" inanity (where you very well illustrated why I, despite having three headless Linux servers locally and running a number of VMs on Rackspace's cloud services, don't use Linux on my desktop, and how out-of-touch you are with how people actually use their computers). I'm friends with a guy who worked at nVidia on their Linux driver code; even pointed him at this thread. He agreed with me and did so in tones that suggested he found it incredible that you would even contest it.
You seem to be unable to stay on point, though. Ah well. It's okay. Really, Linux appreciates how vitriolic you get about it. Your behavior truly makes other people more interested in Linux. You're awesome.
Clearly you've never had a driver wedge the kernel, you maggot-fucked brain-dead freetard. I have. It happens. And no, you can't just magically SSH into it when it panics because the graphics driver shits itself.
And WINE doesn't count for games when I have a perfectly good Windows machine right here. You can't help but fail, can you?
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I noticed that too. There's not really any composition or...well, anything, really. I guess that if you're not doing anything really hard, it works OK.
I'll stick to Reason and Live though.
I used to produce with Cubase VST/32 on OS9, which was an environment I enjoyed working in. When OS9 was abandoned and my mac died I continued with VST/32 on Windows2000, but it wasn't the same. Neither were the new versions of Cubase on OSX.
That would be because Cubase isn't really very good. I use Ableton Live and Reason.
My biggest problem with this situation was my old projects were stuck in this archaic format with nowhere to go
This is one of those Linux-idiot things that always irks the shit out of me. It's not "archaic" just because you changed programs.
Since then I've moved to Ardour on Ubuntu
Ardour works on OS X, too.
Best of all is Jack, there's nothing like it.
Yeah, there's nothing like it. Everyone else works, it doesn't.
I've heard good things about Reaktor, but never tried it out. How is it?
Really? Reason under WINE was a complete failure-to-launch for me.
The native softsynths don't hold a candle to the really good VSTs, let alone something like Reason's Thor.
To be fair, though, Thor is a fucking awesome, awesome, awesome synth.
What're you using for a softsynth? QuadraSID?
The software isn't there, either. I mean, for DAWs, you kind of need VST support. This shit is basic; the only "serious" DAW on Windows that doesn't support VST is Reason because it's more often used as a ReWire slave for a DAW like Cubase or Ableton Live. I know you can make VSTs work under Linux, but it's a silly fucking pain in the ass to do and not really worth it.
Not anymore it doesn't. I used to get that problem in XP, never in Vista or Windows 7.
I would extend your main point: the people who need professional audio aren't going to contribute to the Linux software because the cost/benefit doesn't match up with the cost/benefit from using stuff that's already there.
But "new career"? The person you replied to didn't call himself a sound engineer, and I don't either. Me, I'm a musician. I could probably build a subtractive synthesizer from scratch, with documentation; I do know my way around soldering irons, though not from audio work. But I am there to make music, and "it works" is a hell of a lot more valuable for me than "it's cheap."
PulseAudio is good unless, as I do, you need low-latency audio for digital audio work.
JACK, while an admirable idea, is currently a shit popsicle in terms of usefulness in this area. I have a Dell Studio 15 much like the article author's and ran Ubuntu 9.04 in an attempt to try out Linux for digital audio. Ardour and Rosegarden were okay (though nowhere near as useful as Ableton Live or Propellerhead Reason), but the problems with JACK were just way too much for me to fuck with. ASIO under Windows is optimal; DirectX under Windows is almost as good. JACK's latency was higher than DX, though lower than MME, and just wasn't really worth it for me.
Also, it's not their fault, I know, but the lack of VST support without a ton of stupid workarounds is really a deal-breaker.
Wrong game. He's riffing on Nethack, not D&D.
Word 2007's bibliographic stuff is a lot better than Word 2003's, IMO.
I personally wouldn't argue that it's better on features, but better on presentation. OpenOffice has always felt slow-ish and very clunky. I paid for the Home version of Office 2007, and it's worth it to me just for the new interface and the more snappy feel than OpenOffice.
Now now, your facts don't need to get in the way of his opening of his stupid-hole.
As I understand it (I don't do iPhone development), you are linking to the system library, you're just not distributing the system library. They perform the final linking by installing the app on their device.
You're not distributing the system libraries. You're just accessing them. The end user is "plugging together" the GPL and non-GPL parts.
Not true. You can interface with system libraries in order to develop GPL software on a platform. Otherwise, there could be no GPL'd .NET software (as it has to link to mscorlib.dll).
You're in the "nobody really cares" complaint zone with this, though. He may technically be in violation, but I doubt it's a violation that would stand up in court (as intent matters).
Actually, around here the connection fee is monthly.
They were the ones who bought American McGee's Alice.
The funniest bit about this whole thing is that my business's products run on LAMP, because it's the best environment for it. I use Windows on the desktop because it works best for me. I don't call it the best one out there (as far as I'm concerned, OS X has that, I just don't feel like paying for a Mac), but all my business applications run on open-source.
You're a very angry person.
Ctrl-Alt-Delete is handled below the explorer.exe level, and so still responds even if explorer.exe does not, but my point was that explorer hanging, as the angry little AC insisted, did not mean you had to reboot.
There's no inconsistency here. If you're guilty, taking the settlement gets you out from your obligations as a copyright infringer without killing your future. If you're innocent, you have no such obligations and so as to not fight is immoral.
I never said anything about sshing into a box that has a kernel lock.
Yeah, but I did. Read my first post: in most cases it's the graphics driver getting woefully confused and eating it, resulting in a hard lock. That's a kernel issue. I've been talking about a kernel issue the entire time, except where I bothered to laugh at you for your "well yeah but if X freezes" inanity (where you very well illustrated why I, despite having three headless Linux servers locally and running a number of VMs on Rackspace's cloud services, don't use Linux on my desktop, and how out-of-touch you are with how people actually use their computers). I'm friends with a guy who worked at nVidia on their Linux driver code; even pointed him at this thread. He agreed with me and did so in tones that suggested he found it incredible that you would even contest it.
You seem to be unable to stay on point, though. Ah well. It's okay. Really, Linux appreciates how vitriolic you get about it. Your behavior truly makes other people more interested in Linux. You're awesome.
Again, in proprietard-land, sometimes, explorer freezes. When this happens, it's over.
1998 much?
You seem very angry. I guess being a perpetual virgin does that to you.
Clearly you've never had a driver wedge the kernel, you maggot-fucked brain-dead freetard. I have. It happens. And no, you can't just magically SSH into it when it panics because the graphics driver shits itself.
And WINE doesn't count for games when I have a perfectly good Windows machine right here. You can't help but fail, can you?