On Thu, 6 May 1999, Michael Stutz wrote:
>
> Do people no longer have an interest in creating art-related projects
with
> Linux-based systems, or do they have nothing to say about it, or do they
> just not know about this list? How can we improve things? For the people
> subbed to the list right now: why are you subscribed, when you could
just as
> easily read the WWW archive of the list? What do you want to get out of
this
> list; what expectations do you have for it?
>
I have been a lurker on this list a while (about a year?). My primary
reason for subscribing was to learn more about the state of development of
art-related Linux software. My interests in both Linux and art have been
as hobbies, and given my busy work schedule I have not had as much time to
devote to them as I would like. Since I am not doing much Linux art, I
have not had anything of interest to contribute to the list. Basically,
the reason I subscribed was to find out what other people were doing and
find out what's out there.
However, I may find myself participating a bit more in the future. I just
quit my job in the biotech industry for a job with MP3.com. Although I
will be doing mostly database related programing, I hope the change to a
more art(music)/Linux involved environment will lead me to take a more
active role in the Linart community.
Does anyone have anything to say about the MP3 audio compression format? I
don't know too much about it. I first used it only two weeks ago, and that
was only because of my job interview with MP3.com. ^_^ Since then, I have
found that there has been quite a bit of media hype around the whole MP3
phenomenon for a while now. I feel as if I've had my head in the sand.
Thanks, Michael, for maintaining this list. Even if it has not had much
traffic lately, I have found it enlightening and useful over the past
year.
Tim
