Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Hi Peter :) > > I've got an integrated ATI Radeon X1250-based graphics. With Suse 11.0 > and Suse 11.1 RC I'm using the radeonhd and with 64 Studio 2.1 default > Etch and 64 Studio 2.1 upgraded to Lenny I'm using the vesa driver. I > recommend that you should try the VESA too. Once I tried the proprietary
I would probably choose the RadeonHD over VESA. The VESA driver has a limited number of supported resolutions which is important with the current crop of widescreen LCDs (unless the VESA driver now supports 16:9... the last time I checked it did not). > with 64 Studio 2.1 and this makes the whole install unusable. > Independent of the radeonhd or vesa driver I can't get better vertical > refresh than 59.8 Hz, Linux don't support vertical refresh any more, I have no idea you mean by "Linux don't support vertical refresh any more". Linux is still able to drive analogue VGA displays so I am pretty sure it needs to know about refresh rates. > some time ago, I noticed that with my old NVidia too, once I was able to > change the refresh and than I, resp. X wasn't able to do it any more. I > guess most Linux users tend not to use old monitors, but without a > monitor, it's not possible to do professional graphic work. You don't Not my thing, but I would have expected a digital interface (DVI/HDMI) would be better than an analogue one for graphic work? > get any audio and MIDI application crashes when producing audio and MIDI > songs? What mobo is it? Maybe I should change my mobo again. Fixing I am remixing one of my friends electronica songs right now. What this means is that I have a boatload of midi to work with. I can state with certainty that Linux has some very capable midi applications. I am using Rosegarden for the midi arrangements, a variety of soft-synths (mostly zynaddsubfx, AMS, and bristol), and Ardour to mix the resulting audio. All at the same time. All on hardware that is 3 years old. With lots of processing overhead to spare. > hardware incompatibilities seems to be no interest of the Linux > community, even if it has nothing to do with evil proprietary stuff. At I have to disagree with you here. Fixing hardware incompatibilities is a high priority within the Linux and Open Source community. In fact no other community or company puts the effort that the Open Source people do into correcting this very issue. The problem is with the hardware manufacturers themselves. There is a group of kernel devels that will sign NDAs and write the drivers for the hardware vendor. Who else does this? Microsoft will not write your driver for you, but the Linux kernel developers will. Please get your facts straight. > the moment I try to check out at www.linux-club.de what is possible with > the community, it seems to be that "incompetent" users get the wrong > hardware and they should use Windows and indeed, I tend to change to > Windows for Multimedia production. > Some of us moved from Windows to Linux. I personally find Linux to be a very capable platform for multimedia production. I do recognize that that it is not always the appropriate choice for all people. I have friends who do their audio production work in Windows (in fact I gave one of them my copy of Cubase SX since I no longer have a use for it). That is their choice to make, not mine. When it comes What I will say about Linux and Open Source in general, is that it is very unforgiving to those people who do not take responsibility for their own choices. Personal responsibility is probably the most important attribute if need to possess if you want to free yourself from proprietary software. Some tasks are easier under Linux, others easier under Windows, and still others are easier under MacOS. Only one of those choices allows me to be free, so I take the good *and* the bad. No OS is perfect but I have found that I can do everything I want with Open Source. The only limitation is my own motivation and willingness to learn. Of course, your mileage may vary :)
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