Re: [LAU] Live CDs

>
> Sadly though, the linux community still has many people who scream RTFM
> when people ask for help.
>
I find this has become rampant in the Linux community - whereas back in
2006 when I started tinkering with Ubuntu on a PPC this was not the case...
there has been a huge influx of people who like brow beating someone
else in order to feel smarter e.g. better or superior to others...this
is weenie behavior
and it's a shame that this sort of attitude exists, especially in the
music/audio FOSS community where educating others is imperative to
keeping our community growing and being innovative

> I made a simple inquiry in the #ardour channel a few months ago, and one
> user who shall remain nameless felt it necessary to open up a private
> chat window to be a miserable SOB and belittle me (and someone else that
> I know) about our lack of knowledge in this one area. Not cool.
personally, I've not found this attitude on the Ardour forum or on the
email list but have not used the IRC channel so I can't comment on this

as for building my own kernel: I'm a composer, touring musician and
writer who doesn't have the time to start chasing down deps and
trouble-shooting compile errors -- as much as I wish this were all a
hobby I could poke at on the weekends I'm on constant deadlines and
schedules that keep me busy at least 10 hours a day, 7 days a week.
And since royalties are a thing of the past for most electronic
musicians, wearing many hats is the only way one can make a living at
this - and wearing many hats translates to a 70 hour workweek.
So building my own kernel, app, plugins, whatever is a afternoon project
I can't afford to spend time on without shooting myself in the foot. And
is why some of us don't 'roll our own' and depend upon either those who
do or use the repositories. Hence, bleeding edge instability and
beta-testing updates/patches/new versions are not things professional
musicians can afford to deal with.

But I do appreciate the people who create places like GetDeb
http://www.getdeb.net/
where those of us without the bandwidth can download binaries of the
apps we need, install them and get up working as quickly as possible. I
also appreciate developers who can interface with distro repositories
well enough to keep updates of their software available.

I also find the range of musicians on this list refreshing and
enlightening -- some of you have spent time teaching me about the
intricacies Linux audio and for this I'm eternally grateful. The
willingness to teach others is what makes a community valuable IMO.

just my 0.02
ciao!
KIM

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Received on Fri Oct 9 20:15:02 2009