Re: [LAD] [LAU] So what do you think sucks about Linux audio ?

2013-02-06 Thread Gabbe Nord
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Devin Anderson surfacepatte...@gmail.comwrote: HI Gabbe, I hadn't considered this. If I created such a survey, I would be concerned that my own bias would be injected into the questions themselves. Can you suggest a few sample questions that might exist

Re: [LAD] [LAU] So what do you think sucks about Linux audio ?

2013-02-06 Thread Luis Garrido
On 02/05/2013 11:56 PM, J. Liles wrote: The biggest problem is that there are more people talking than there are people doing. That's not a problem, that's how things are. Talking is way easier, so it stands to reason that it happens more often. So the second problem with LAD is

Re: [LAD] [LAU] So what do you think sucks about Linux audio ?

2013-02-06 Thread Paul Davis
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Luis Garrido l...@vagar.org wrote: Maybe slightly more skilled in the ways of code and maybe a little more selfless or community-conscious than the average. But developers have bills, families, lives, they have to put up with their bosses/customers demands

Re: [LAD] [LAU] So what do you think sucks about Linux audio ?

2013-02-06 Thread Dominique Michel
Le Wed, 6 Feb 2013 08:09:01 -0500, Thomas Vecchione seabla...@gmail.com a écrit : These are just a couple of examples. Documentation in general just needs to be rethought as a community I think. But noone will ever be happy with it, so maybe I am just a grumpy old coot telling you

Re: [LAD] So what do you think sucks about Linux audio ?

2013-02-06 Thread Fred Gleason
On Feb 5, 2013, at 09:58 14, Dave Phillips wrote: I've been reading a lot of negative (read: vitriolic) commentary about the world of Linux audio development and applications. I won't bother to say where, just the usual places will have to suffice. Of greater interest to me is the

Re: [LAD] [LAU] So what do you think sucks about Linux audio ?

2013-02-06 Thread Michael Bechard
I second the frustration on a lack of user feedback... Michael From: Devin Anderson surfacepatte...@gmail.com To: Dave Phillips dlphill...@woh.rr.com Cc: linux-audio-u...@lists.linuxaudio.org; linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org Sent: Tuesday, February 5,

Re: [LAD] [LAU] So what do you think sucks about Linux audio ?

2013-02-06 Thread Gabbe Nord
Like said before, I think alot of user feedback could be gained if just there was a simple way to do it, and people got reminded. On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 7:25 PM, Michael Bechard gothma...@yahoo.com wrote: I second the frustration on a lack of user feedback... Michael

Re: [LAD] [LAU] So what do you think sucks about Linux audio ?

2013-02-06 Thread Michael Bechard
Yeah, I posted that before I read the rest of the conversation around that topic. Good points. Michael From: Gabbe Nord gabbe.n...@gmail.com To: Michael Bechard gothma...@yahoo.com Cc: Devin Anderson surfacepatte...@gmail.com; Dave Phillips

Re: [LAD] [LAU] So what do you think sucks about Linux audio ?

2013-02-06 Thread Louis Gorenfeld
I'm late to this thread, but I'd like to shine some light on why I switched from Linux to Mac OS for my personal music work, and things which I believe may continue to hold back Linux development. Keep in mind that I've only picked at Linux audio for the last 5 years, so maybe some of these

Re: [LAD] [LAU] So what do you think sucks about Linux audio ?

2013-02-06 Thread michael noble
On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:58 PM, Dave Phillips dlphill...@woh.rr.comwrote: What I'm more interested in is what *you* think is missing most or just plain wrong about the situation. I started using linux for audio primarily for sooperlooper, which at the time (over ten years ago i think) was

Re: [LAD] [LAU] So what do you think sucks about Linux audio ?

2013-02-06 Thread J. Liles
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 3:18 PM, michael noble loop...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:58 PM, Dave Phillips dlphill...@woh.rr.comwrote: What I'm more interested in is what *you* think is missing most or just plain wrong about the situation. I started using linux for audio

Re: [LAD] So what do you think sucks about Linux audio ?

2013-02-06 Thread David Robillard
On Tue, 2013-02-05 at 09:58 -0500, Dave Phillips wrote: [...] So, in your honest and bold opinion as user and/or developer, what do we lack most and what can we do without that we already have ? Well, post a thread about what people think sucks, and you'll get page after page after page after

Re: [LAD] So what do you think sucks about Linux audio ?

2013-02-06 Thread Dave Phillips
On 02/06/2013 10:24 PM, David Robillard wrote: ... We all complain sometimes, but people who do nothing but complain are nothing but toxic. I hope this thread didn't go that way, but I'm sure as hell not going to read it to find out ;) So far so good, I'm happy to report. I have a lot to