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Highly configurable, safe, extremely stable, very low latency, high performance and throughput and even realtime if one need or want. Pipewire put an end to the

Highly configurable, safe, extremely stable, very low latency, high performance and throughput and even realtime if one need or want. Pipewire put an end to the mess was the confusing ballet of pulseaudio and Jack and everything else is maturing nicely. These characteristics put (desktop) Linux on a position that the competition simply can't beat. They may have had a head start because of very popular and critical software that is un-portable, but the technical superiority is on our side. AFAIK, there have been some professional successful DAWs for Linux and I can only think it will grow over time. I saw people using OBS with a few USB cameras with reasonable quality making good quality webcasts and I'm sure that is also doable in the DAW-land. The future seems bright for musicians and recorders who can now be free from proprietary software and build a reasonable good studio at home using non-imorally-priced hardware.

dash2 3y ago
This optimism pairs nicely with the next post (“can anyone recommend a sound card… I couldn’t get anything working…”)
- bvrmn 3y ago
  Next post is a clear trolling. 96 channel card user wants to migrate to Linux. Nice story bruh.
  - louthy 3y ago
    God forbid anybody who wants to use Linux in a professional setting.
  - steve1977 3y ago
    While the HDSPe MADI FX is certainly RME’s PCIe flagship, it’s not that uncommon, so why not? It could also be a HDSPe AES (32 channels) or RayDAT (72 channels). These cards are quite widely in use. Also the fact that the card supports 96 channels doesn’t mean you need to have as many A/D inputs necessarily.
Blackthorn 3y ago
> but the technical superiority is on our side. Linux has a bit of a Thunderbolt audio problem though. Apple dragged the world into compatibility with class compliant USB; there's no equivalent for Thunderbolt though :-( we're back in the bad old days of individual (nonexistent) drivers per device.
steve1977 3y ago
> the technical superiority is on our side Getting some Betamax vibes here ;) But I also don’t really see the superiority versus Core Audio or ASIO-based systems to be honest.

dash2 3y ago

This optimism pairs nicely with the next post (“can anyone recommend a sound card… I couldn’t get anything working…”)

bvrmn 3y ago
Next post is a clear trolling. 96 channel card user wants to migrate to Linux. Nice story bruh.
- louthy 3y ago
  God forbid anybody who wants to use Linux in a professional setting.
- steve1977 3y ago
  While the HDSPe MADI FX is certainly RME’s PCIe flagship, it’s not that uncommon, so why not? It could also be a HDSPe AES (32 channels) or RayDAT (72 channels). These cards are quite widely in use. Also the fact that the card supports 96 channels doesn’t mean you need to have as many A/D inputs necessarily.

Blackthorn 3y ago

> but the technical superiority is on our side. Linux has a bit of a Thunderbolt audio problem though. Apple dragged the world into compatibility with class compliant USB; there's no equivalent for Thunderbolt though :-( we're back in the bad old days of individual (nonexistent) drivers per device.

steve1977 3y ago

> the technical superiority is on our side Getting some Betamax vibes here ;) But I also don’t really see the superiority versus Core Audio or ASIO-based systems to be honest.