linuxaudio.org

On Mon, 6 Jun 2011, J=F6rn Nettingsmeier wrote:
> just as a small reminder before we all go misty-eyed over the horrible=20

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> state of linux audio: in the universe i live in, there's this basic=20

> assumption that hardware vendors should care for proper driver and=20

> userspace support, because they want to sell their gear.

>

> if they don't, that's their problem, take your money elsewhere. this=20

> whole situation where people hack up drivers in their free time to=20

> open markets to ignorant vendors is totally ass backwards. it's what=20

> we've gotten used to, and i'm happy to have open-source drivers for=20

> the pro gear i have to use, but let's not fool ourselves into thinking=20

> that it's all fine and dandy this way.

I agree in principle, but part of the reason the Linux community has=20

been so accepting of this is because of the history of *awful* device=20

drivers vendors have written on the occasions when they have decided to=20

provide their own.  Intel seems to have the hang of it now with some of=20

their stuff, but for the most part, Linux users have gotten to where=20

nothing scares them more than driver code that was written by a hardware=20

vendor.
> the problem is that everyone i talked to told me fltk is on its way=20

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> out, fast, and i don't really feel motivated to redo everything in gtk=20

> when i only have two rme cards and can do everything i need with=20

> alsamixer, if less conveniently.

I never got this obsession with everything having to use one toolkit=20

that everybody has.  I always thought one of the strengths of X11 was=20

that you can use whatever toolkits and window managers you want.  If=20

you've got a working app that's built on FLTK, for gosh sake, be happy!
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+ Brent A. Busby=09 +

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