Re: [microsound] Linux audio PPC

[derek holzer <derek@xxxxxxx>]

John Nowak wrote:

> If you are interested in PPC Linux, I'd suggest YDL just because its so 
> damn easy. 

Perhaps, but YDL has just about the stupidest licensing agreement I have 
ever seen. You can download a CDR ISO, but you can't legally give it to 
anyone else!!! I guess it all depends on your rationale for exploring 
free software, and whether or not the software being actually "free" 
makes a diff to you.

> Also, since YDL is Fedora-based, you may be able to use 
> the CCRMA stuff 

Completely & patently false. CCRMA is a set of compiled binary 
applications for RedHat and Fedora, but it only exists in x86 form.

I haven't looked into Ubuntu PPC very much, but if you add some sources 
for regular "unstable/testing" debian, you will have a wealth of 
packages available, including a great majority of the apps in the CCRMA 
collection.

> (although I'm not sure why I'd want all that stuff on my 
> system when I wouldn't use 98% of it anyway). 

Of course PD is one of the most versatile apps for Linux, even more so 
because most of the development of externals and end-user patches 
happens on this platform. But there are quite a few other amazing Linux 
audio apps which are either very complicated or impossible to get 
running on OSX. These include:

jack audio connection kit
ardour
freqtweak
sooperlooper
LADSPA plugin collections
rezound
ecasound

and others I neglect to mention because I just got off a 16 hour plane 
ride from Transmediale/Berlin to Santa Fe New Mexico ;-)

I'l throw some data at the WIKKI with details later on.

Glad to see a groundswell of interest in this dept!
d.



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