Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Doing the soundcard manufacturer tango (long)
From: anahata (anahata_AT_treewind.co.uk)
Date: Thu Dec 02 2004 - 23:05:24 EET
On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 01:21:47PM -0600, Ryan Gallagher wrote:
> Reliability - Check with Mark about how often PTLE changes in any
> fundamental way... rarely. It's the "just works" philosophy.
Especially because, as mentioned earlier, a typical Pro Tools box is
switched on to run PT and nothing else. Even Windows is quite stable
treated like that. No networking, viruses and other malware to worry
about.
On the other side of the coin, that dedicated-to-one-job type of
application OUGHT to be a good target for Linux - kernel, drivers and
everything totally customisable in ways that Windows can never be. I
suspect that the first successful Linux DAW will be an (almost) embedded
system. You buy a box, plug it in and Ardour (though the user might
never know it as that) appears on the screen...
-- Anahata anahata_AT_treewind.co.uk -+- http://www.treewind.co.uk Home: 01638 720444 Mob: 07976 263827
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b28 : Thu Dec 02 2004 - 23:07:52 EET