>> Linux is not an operating system for simple users. RB> Can I pin this one on the wall?
If someone came to me and said 'I am looking to get into computers, what should I get?' Last on that list would be Linux. It's too much of a leap for people unless they will have someone knowledgeable around to help them. They will get frustrated too easily. WinXP is for those people. I could not believe how much of a 4 year old I felt like when using XP and trying to get into more system level options and such. RB> So _Linux_ is the one being elitist now is it? I am not saying it is elitist, I am saying that it's not going to hold your hand for you like other OS's. You can fine tune and alter every little aspect of it, and this is one of the things that makes it powerful. To me it isn't good enough to make Linux work in the same paradigm as another OS, because to me that is just a waste of effort. I won't use Linux just because it isn't Microsoft, I use Linux when I find things that work better. My favorite saying is innovate don't emulate. RB> You don't work in management do you? Hehe, I work with management :) RB> No, sorry, that was a cheap shot. I agree that the fine people of RB> LAD/ALSA/aRts and OSS/Voxware/Forefront before them all aspire to RB> a very worthy dream and I'd hope that in some small way that we all RB> contribute towards making it a reality. Amen. RB> My dream is, however, slightly smaller scale. I want to compose music RB> on my Linux machine. I'd like to be recording music on it by the end RB> of the summer. Up until now I haven't found a Linux sequencer that's RB> stable enough and has the right mix of functionality for my tastes. RB> I can realise this dream with some patience and some luck and the RB> love of a lot of some friends and some complete strangers from all around RB> the world who've decided to write some great software for me to use. RB> We're all part of the same team, we all want the best for free software RB> and we'll all help each other and help "the cause" whenever possible - RB> even when we're just having the same old arguments over and over again. I agree with the need for stable sequencing, I think the whole point of this was to realize the big picture too. Look at the separation of DirectX and VST plugins on the windows system. If everyone in the opensource works together on keeping their software universal in a way, it shows an integration that isn't driven by making money, but driven by the people that are actually using the software. My desire is to having a working HDR and MIDI software package in Linux that I can use instead of Cakewalk. Ardour is taking care of one side. My requirement will be that they function together. RB> Well, I'm glad to hear that my politics don't preclude you from trying RB> us out. Hehe, I might be stubborn in some areas but when it comes down to it, I will try ANYTHING to get the job done! :) I am even buying a G3 Mac soon to do video editing. That way I can get along with all the elitist friends I have and just hide the other two computers (Win/Linux/Mac) :) Rick
