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Patrick wrote:
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> Looking at the recent trade shows it seems that Linux/Unix is the already

> the hardware standard. I didn't spot hardware running on Apple or M$ OS's

> but plenty of Linux and Unix platforms.

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Which trade show was this? I'm unaware of any hardware vendors advertising

or even officially supporting Linux other than RME kinda but their support

seems little more than half-hearted as they apparently don't provide any

support for their drivers which they say on their website are 3rd party so

did they even have any involvement in them at all? Focusrite provide specs

but no Linux drivers or support so I wouldn't count them either.

I know its not audio related but even HP who's support for Linux is

arguably better or at least on a par with their support for the other two

OS still don't advertise or claim to officially support Linux - even though

they do. Sad state of affairs - even now in 2012 when we can all safely say

Linux isn't going away the big corps still like to pretend it doesn't exist.
Back onto LVs article...
He made a number of valid points but I have to agree it was a bit overly

negative. Linux audio has come a long way in the last few years- if still

trailing some way behind commercial offerings in some areas but its

unrealistic to expect otherwise when the big boys have large teams working

full time on development plus some of the apps (Cubase etc.) effectively

pre-date Linux back to the 80's.
Considering Paul is pretty much the only person (OK- 2 with Ben) being paid

to work full time on Linux audio what we have is damn impressive. There are

no genuinely free DAWs for Win or OSX that can compete with Ardour or

qtractor for one and before anyone says so no, REAPER is not free software

and they make a point of reminding you every time you run the unregistered

versions.
A3 MIDI was totally broken and unusable 3 years ago, qtractor has come on

leaps and bounds, Rui has given us an easy to use sampler plugin, DISTRHO

has arrived complete with the excellent Noisemaker LV2, Mixbus, LinuxDSPs

plugins, Bitwig - there was none of this 3 years ago and those are just my

personal highlights.
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Patrick wrote:
Looking at the recent trade shows it seems that Linux/Unix is the alr=

eady

the hardware standard. I didn't spot hardware running on Apple or M$ OS=

's

but plenty of Linux and Unix platforms.Which =

trade show was this? I'm unaware of any hardware vendors advertising or=

 even officially supporting Linux other than RME kinda but their support se=

ems little more than half-hearted as they apparently don't provide any =

support for their drivers which they say on their website are 3rd party so =

did they even have any involvement in them at all? Focusrite provide specs =

but no Linux drivers or support so I wouldn't count them either.

I know its not audio related but even HP who's support for Linux is=

 arguably better or at least on a par with their support for the other two =

OS still don't advertise or claim to officially support Linux - even th=

ough they do. Sad state of affairs - even now in 2012 when we can all safel=

y say Linux isn't going away the big corps still like to pretend it doe=

sn't exist.

Back onto LVs article...He made a number of valid points bu=

t I have to agree it was a bit overly negative. Linux audio has come a long=

 way in the last few years- if still trailing some way behind commercial of=

ferings in some areas but its unrealistic to expect otherwise when the big =

boys have large teams working full time on development plus some of the app=

s (Cubase etc.) effectively pre-date Linux back to the 80's.

Considering Paul is pretty much the only person (OK- 2 with Ben) being =

paid to work full time on Linux audio what we have is damn impressive. Ther=

e are no genuinely free DAWs for Win or OSX that can compete with Ardour or=

 qtractor for one and before anyone says so no, REAPER is not free software=

 and they make a point of reminding you every time you run the unregistered=

 versions.

A3 MIDI was totally broken and unusable 3 years ago, qtractor has come =

on leaps and bounds, Rui has given us an easy to use sampler plugin, DISTRH=

O has arrived complete with the excellent Noisemaker LV2, Mixbus, LinuxDSPs=

 plugins, Bitwig - there was none of this 3 years ago and those are just my=

 personal highlights.
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