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So if Linux users actually pay you a dollar (or greater) for the download, what do they get? Is it an app image? Edit: added "(or greater)" :)

• em3rgent0rdr 3y ago
  You get a 70 MB "Ardour*.run" file that is a bash script that contains setup instructions followed by raw binary code. And you good the feeling of knowing that you've supporting a great open source project. Also note that only a few linux distros are bleeding-edge (such as Arch-Linux, which will contain binaries for newly released package versions pretty quickly). But if you are on a non-bleeding edge linux distro, your distro's repos aren't kept up-to-date and so the advantage of the Ardour binary download is you get an up-to-date package without having to install a 3rd-party repo or build it yourself.
  • PaulDavisThe1st 3y ago
    Yep, our packages install in parallel with each other (and with repo versions too), so you can keep older versions around. And we aim to release every 2 months. People who pay monthly also get access to nightly builds, allowing them to test things out before release (useful for us, sometimes useful for them). Most of our alpha/beta testers, however, build it themselves, from source.