Shayne O'Connor wrote:
>On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 18:56, Russell Hanaghan wrote:
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>>As I responded to Mark's statement, the adjusted wording and sentiment
>>is this; do as you will with what you will. I aint no ones daddy when
>>it comes to Linux, windows or otherwise. :)
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>i understand what you meant though - why put in the effort to make a
>windows app work on linux, when there is some really great open-source
>software in development? ... more to the point, it probly wasn't a good
>idea for me to suggest too much investigation of windows apps in this
>list ...
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But why not ? I occasionally test a variety of Windows audio apps under
WINE, though I've not kept current with the recent WINE releases. And as
many here know, I'm extremely wedded to Sequencer Plus Gold, a MIDI
sequencer I run under DOSemu. RG and MusE are truly wonderful apps, but
I've invested quite a lot of time into mastering Seq+ and it suits my
needs perfectly. If it runs under a Linux-based DOS emulation
environment then I'm a very happy camper, even moreso since I don't even
need a bona fide MS-DOS installation (DOSemu works beautifully with
FreeDOS).
Btw, AudioMulch works nicely with WINE too.
Perhaps a page similar to the "Linux & VST" list is approaching
do-ability ? It could be a listing of Windoze soundapps that run under
WINE, how well they run, what it takes, etc. Such a page might be a
helpful reference for WINE developers too.
And maybe for every Windows app you get running you donate an amount
equal to its price to the open-source alternative of your choice ? Oooh,
wicked Dave ! ;-)
Best,
dp
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