We need a Linux Music Standard
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We need a Linux Music Standard
We need to reign in this monster. It needs to be more like MacOs and Windows in its ease of use.
To this end, I propose all music developers should adopt AV Linux as the base standard for deploying music software. Developers should have a test partition of AV Linux upon which their project is compiled (64-bit) and tested. Then that binary should be made available to endusers for download. It will be guaranteed to install, run, and work on this base music standard.
The advantages are:
1) By using AV Linux, setting up a music system will be as easy for endusers as any other OS.
2) People having problems with other distros will be able to quickly identify whether a problem is software or hardware related just by running their system under an AV linux live boot distro.
3) Endusers will be spared the horrible, unnecessary experience of compiling software.
4) Conflicts between apps can be better resolved when developers are testing all apps using a standardized music base.
5) Less time will be wasted on trouble-shooting and enduser technical support.
6) By having developers create the AV linux binaries of their software, this frees up Glen to concentrate on documentation and advancement of the base system. In fact, perhaps he can work on a "music app-store" type of program in which devs send him download links to their binaries, and he adds those to the "app-store".
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When you answer the question "Why doesn't Mark Shuttleworth add to Debian instead of a different project?", you'll have answered your own question.Largos wrote: Why doesn't Gmaq add to a different project like Ubuntu Studio
Anyway, your misguided complaint does nothing to negate my points.
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I am not trying to negate your points, I am saying your idea of having a single operating system everyone works on is contrary to human nature.j_e_f_f_g wrote: ↑Wed Aug 03, 2022 9:39 amWhen you answer the question "Why doesn't Mark Shuttleworth add to Debian instead of a different project?", you'll have answered your own question.Largos wrote: Why doesn't Gmaq add to a different project like Ubuntu Studio
Anyway, your misguided complaint does nothing to negate my points.
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Ubuntu would be the worst choice for a base. They want all software to be installed using snap which is a travesty. Better would be GeekOS or LibraZik but AVL would be the best choice being based on Debian and having ~15 years of history behind it, similar to US. The US devs should contribute to AVL!Largos wrote: ↑Wed Aug 03, 2022 8:54 am If there was to be such, an operating system maintained by a single person would be a terrible choice. Why doesn't Gmaq add to a different project like Ubuntu Studio rather than start from scratch? There's your answer to fragmentation, people aren't going to change on this.
I've never had much luck getting any Ubuntu to work how I want; AVL has always been quite user-friendly.
Jeff's suggestion is admirable (and logical) but it just ain't gonna happen. Logic loses out regularly to hype which will be the case here. Ubuntu thrives on hype and marketing, same as Windows.
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Fiddling with sequencers does not evolve into music necessarily and Mac users have smelly feet and guzzle little children.
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I noticed.Largos wrote: not trying to negate your points
Like Windows, MacOS, and Linux? Yeah. That.having a single operating system everyone works on is contrary to human nature.
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You listing two operating systems and a kernel used in hundreds of operating systems means what?
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Ubuntu is indeed mixed bag. I agree 100% on problems ubuntu has, and just for that reason I jumped finally from Ubuntu to something else. And then other side, it is commonly used, and when some 3rd party company/developer provides packages for some linux, they are for ubuntu.sunrat wrote: ↑Wed Aug 03, 2022 9:53 am Ubuntu would be the worst choice for a base. They want all software to be installed using snap which is a travesty. Better would be GeekOS or LibraZik but AVL would be the best choice being based on Debian and having ~15 years of history behind it, similar to US. The US devs should contribute to AVL!
I've never had much luck getting any Ubuntu to work how I want; AVL has always been quite user-friendly.
Jeff's suggestion is admirable (and logical) but it just ain't gonna happen. Logic loses out regularly to hype which will be the case here. Ubuntu thrives on hype and marketing, same as Windows.
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That "human nature" has no bearing upon the utility of a supported standard. The only applicable influence of human nature here is that people tend to like things that are easy and effective.Largos wrote: You listing two operating systems and a kernel used in hundreds of operating systems means what?
If that's made possible by linux music developers simply having a copy of AV Linux for testing and creation of downloadable binaries, then that passes the test.
There's nothing to argue here. You're just trying to be contradictory for the mere sake of being contradictory.
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First of all, this is the first I've heard of any of this... lolLargos wrote: ↑Wed Aug 03, 2022 8:54 am If there was to be such, an operating system maintained by a single person would be a terrible choice. Why doesn't Gmaq add to a different project like Ubuntu Studio rather than start from scratch? There's your answer to fragmentation, people aren't going to change on this.
To answer the question Ubuntu will not allow and Package commercial applications and demos in their Repos, I want that freedom to bundle what I want (with the developers permission) for the benefit of choice for the User, end of story..
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. . GNU/LINUX@AUDIO ~ /Wiki $ Howto.Info && GNU/Linux Debian installing >> Linux Audio Workstation LAW
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I hadn't noticed.
Who is 'we'? It's working for me.We need to reign in this monster.
Why does it? What problem would that solve? If it's more users that is the goal, then this is not a solution. As has been discussed at length elsewhere the reason that Linux doesn't have more users is that people stick to the OS that was installed on their machine when they bought it. To get more users Linux needs to come pre-installed on mainstream hardware.It needs to be more like MacOs and Windows in its ease of use.
Making Linux more like Windows or MacOS will simply annoy those people who already use Linux. It would certainly annoy me.
Other than that I appreciate you proposing a solution.
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