On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 10:05:28 -0500, Mike Rivers wrote:


In article writes:

http://ardour.org/

Unless you know Unix and are willing to get your hands dirty recompiling
Linux kernels etc its not ready yet. There are however people using this
for real work (after spending a lot of time setting it up).

Wow! This project has been going on for about five years now. And
people clomplain about products that they see advertised in magazines
not being available for several months.

The bad part about Linux is that it is never done.
The good part about Linux is that it is never done.

I guess that's the way things go in the world of hobbyists - it's not
as important to finish the job as to keep making it better.

The problem with Linux and it's users as a whole is that they are
operating system centric instead of being applications centric.
These guys love to tweak kernels, play with different distributions and
screw with things for endless amounts of time in order to make things work.

Then when they have it all working, a new distribution comes out and they
start all over again.
IOW it's a never ending cycle that leads to loss of productivity.

Dave Phillips makes a point about this in the message posted by philcordia.

Linux is great for a server farm, reasonable for an internet desktop
system but overall a very poor choice for a digital audio platform IMHO.
Can it be done?
Sure, people are doing it as we speak.
However the learning curve is intense, the documentation is terrible and
outdated and it's just a mess at the moment.

Then again, given a turnkey system with say AGNULA/Demudi already set up
it can be a very inexpensive way to get into recording.
Just don't expect too much support at the professional level.