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I think it's cool that people work on DAWs for nix/bsd, but as someone who uses linux as a daily driver, I don't really see the point. When I want to make or

I think it's cool that people work on DAWs for *nix/*bsd, but as someone who uses linux as a daily driver, I don't really see the point. When I want to make or record music, I don't want to spend time debugging the system. I just want it to work, and I don't want have to worry if a plugin runs on my system. *nix/*bsd don't come close to achieving that, and windows is not stable enough for audio systems for my taste. IOW what is the hobby here? Making music, or tinkering with my *nix/*bsd system?

hn8305823 4y ago
Linux didn't get that way without people like OP helping to make things work. Many people said (and still say) the same things about Linux vs Mac for example.
prmoustache 4y ago
The association of using linux/bsd and spending time debugging system is getting old. Like very very old and outdated. The parent article show a small number of config files to set and a package to install. It is not more complicated than installing ASIO4ALL driver and setting it up on a windows box. And I can show you countless of threads in music forums about people asking how to solve their midi connections / sync / latency / clipping problems on macOS and windows.
- huimang 4y ago
  "The association of using linux/bsd and spending time debugging system is getting old. Like very very old and outdated." I literally use linux every day on my pc, work laptop, and personal laptop. It's not outdated at all, it's part of using linux. Granted it's a lot better than before. MacOS having occasional issues is not comparable to having to mess around with alsa/jack/pipewire and debug linux issues in general. Obviously no system is perfect.
  - prmoustache 4y ago
    I'd be curious to know what you need to debug on a regular basis. I don't have to do anything with alsa. On pipewire I just use pulseaudio volume control to define the sound levels and codec used by the different audio devices/interfaces I plug into. This is pretty seamless. And that's it. The only things that makes me pull my hair sometimes are pairing bluetooth devices but that is regardless of the OS. It may just be that some hardware/firmwares of bluetooth devices are just shitty because it is the same misery regardless if I am on mobile, windows, linux, whatever.

I think it's cool that people work on DAWs for *nix/*bsd, but as someone who uses linux as a daily driver, I don't really see the point. When I want to make or

hn8305823 4y ago

Linux didn't get that way without people like OP helping to make things work. Many people said (and still say) the same things about Linux vs Mac for example.

prmoustache 4y ago

The association of using linux/bsd and spending time debugging system is getting old. Like very very old and outdated. The parent article show a small number of config files to set and a package to install. It is not more complicated than installing ASIO4ALL driver and setting it up on a windows box. And I can show you countless of threads in music forums about people asking how to solve their midi connections / sync / latency / clipping problems on macOS and windows.

huimang 4y ago
"The association of using linux/bsd and spending time debugging system is getting old. Like very very old and outdated." I literally use linux every day on my pc, work laptop, and personal laptop. It's not outdated at all, it's part of using linux. Granted it's a lot better than before. MacOS having occasional issues is not comparable to having to mess around with alsa/jack/pipewire and debug linux issues in general. Obviously no system is perfect.
- prmoustache 4y ago
  I'd be curious to know what you need to debug on a regular basis. I don't have to do anything with alsa. On pipewire I just use pulseaudio volume control to define the sound levels and codec used by the different audio devices/interfaces I plug into. This is pretty seamless. And that's it. The only things that makes me pull my hair sometimes are pairing bluetooth devices but that is regardless of the OS. It may just be that some hardware/firmwares of bluetooth devices are just shitty because it is the same misery regardless if I am on mobile, windows, linux, whatever.