Re: [microsound] mac osx -> linux?

[Damian Stewart <damian@xxxxxxxxxx>]

flemming lyst wrote:

> anyone done the switch?
> (rumours are that audio on linux grow quite fast...)

i've attempted to switch from Windows to Linux multiple times over the last 
five years (generally after people told me 'how much better Linux is with 
audio now') and each time have given up. in my experience, Linux+laptop=ok, 
Linux+audio=ok, Linux+audio+laptop=too hard.

recently i went from Windows to OSX and it was the best thing to do i think 
- OSX gives you a nice POSIX compliant environment (so a lot of 
Linux-targeted software can be ported to it fairly easily), without too 
much in the way of hassles. plus, OSX can go to sleep (not hibernate) and 
wake up in 2 seconds with 99.9% reliability. last I tried linux on my 
laptop it couldn't even send it to sleep.

if you want to make the switch to open source software, stick with a Mac, 
and do it gradually.

start by using Pd instead of Max/MSP (once you get past the visual 
interface differences, Pd is actually more stable, more consistent, and 
less prone to do stupid weird things than Max is). use the X11/OSX version 
of Ardour instead of Logic/Cubase. there isn't really an Ableton 
equivalent. you'll probably find command-line tools that do (some of) what 
Soundhack does. learn to use Terminal. learn how to build something from 
source from the command line. learn what a makefile is.

then, make the switch to Linux, if you still want to.

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damian stewart | +44 7500 453 766 | damian@xxxxxxxxxx
frey | live art with machines | http://www.frey.co.nz

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