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Dave Phillips wrote:

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> Patrick Shirkey wrote:

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>> 3. Difficult and complicated. Very true. It doesn't bother me, infact

>> I think it is good for my DJ persona. (Apparently everyone in Korea

>> thinks I play abstract music ;] ) Did anyone complain when they

>> couldn't play a Jimi solo the first time they picked up a guitar????

>

>

> Intereseting analogy, because of course Hendrix introduced no new

> technique-having-to-do-with-playing-guitar (it's all blues modes and

> very few other scales). He did introduce a lot of

> technique-having-to-do-with-USING-the-guitar, most of which was pretty

> easily acquired by anyone with the same or approximate gear.

> 

You say that now, after years of listening to his work...
> But WRT our beloved Linux audio software: it's really still a bit of a

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> problem with Linux generally. I still get a fair amount of mail from

> people who are truly confused about ALSA...

> 

Thats a seperate issue which we *should* address very soon.
>> 5. Installation: Maybe (for the trade show) we need a really big sign

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>> with:

>>        --------------

>>         3 steps to Linux audio happiness

>>

>>          ./configure;make;make install

>>

>>            --- it's that simple! ---

>> ---------------

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>

> Well, as long as nothing fucks up, I suppose you're right.

Which seems to happen 95% of the time for me these days. IMBBiased.
> But of

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> course, things do fuck up, frequently and opaquely,

Though it is rare to find audio apps that do this nowadays [we should

fix the ones that don't]. We seemed to have learnt that it's better to

make it work from the start... (at least once we tar a package).
> and unless you're a

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> seasoned Linux audio veteran you are likely to be left out in the cold

> when it comes to system analysis and fix-it time. I'm not saying any of

> that is inherently difficult, only that a procedure utterly unknown to

> the user might as well be written in Etruscan Linear B. All of which

> argues strongly for the promotion of better turn-key systems a la

> PlanetC or AGNULA.

> 

True... #1. What would y'all consider more accesible to an LCD audience?
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          3 steps to Linux audio happiness
           ./configure;make;make install
             --- it's that simple! ---
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	Install simply and quickly
	 AGNULA     Planet CCRMA
	 We make it easy for you!
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Maybe both are valid?
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Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd.

Http://www.boosthardware.com

Http://www.djcj.org/LAU/guide/ - The Linux Audio Users guide

Http://www.djcj.org/gigs/ - Gigs guide Korea

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