On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 23:18, Steve Harris wrote: > On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 12:26:07 +0200, Marek Peteraj wrote: > > > I don't want to see linux apps turning into slickly hyped lifestyle > > > products like the rest of the music software business. We should push > > > the advantages we have, > > > > What advantages? Free as in beer? > > Free as in beer is good. Not having to use windows is good. Mostly I just > like the tools - varied, sometimes wacky and generally really versatile and > easy to hack. > > > I've never seen such inapt community btw, which is totally ignorant in > > organizing itself. See the gnome community which started to exist the > > same year. They have more conferences per year, one of them being > > huge(guadec) with sponsors, larger companies involved, and *most* of > > *all* they're a centralised community. > > Good. I /like/ the current (lack of) linux audio community. Its not like > we're one homogenous organisation. Were just a bunch of people who hack > linux audio systems. Its great :) > > The only real connection we have is that were all doing audio hacking > under linux - some are using GTK and C, some Qt and C++, some python...
Right. And most people do use linux audio standards - JACK, LADSPA, ALSA. And lots of people from here talk about them and make them better. > > I think the linux audio world is too small and varied to have a tightly > knit organisation like the Gnome guys. But.. why are you participating in linuxaudio.org then? Seriously, i don't understand, no sarcasm. Marek
