Linux Problems from XP????

[pavvel]

Hi there wonder if can get some advise.

I am comtemplating moving from windows xp to linux?? Is there any linux users out there that can give me some advise on if this is worth it? Also how does Linux compare to windows xp also when i run my music system will i encounter any problems with vst's, browers, sequencers???

Any advise would be great.

Thanks in advance

[UltraJv]

My advice would be DONT. Its still very geeky so unless you like compiling C source code or messing around with your configuration just to get sound and a display, I wouldnt risk it. I have tried most versions. The problem with Linux is there is no standard between Linux versions. So when you get a sequencer like Rosegarden, you may have trouble getting it to work on your particular version. So far there is no support for vstis or direct x compatibilty. Linux has its own way of doing things. There may be a program to allow usage of these (a wrapper) but I havnt seen any. If on the other hand you like a challenge - go for it

[pavvel]

Cool thanks for the reply I don't think ill bother with that have been looking around at some info and i think ill go with your advise ill stick with windows for now

[soulata]

I couldn't get a Red Hat working in VMachine.

It's supposed to be an easy installation but it just didn't open the GUI after install.

Luckily it was only in VMachine.

k

[haydxn]

i'm sure linux is fabulous.

i've been using computers for years and years, and i'm pretty confident that i know my onions. if faced with linux, i'd probably manage to sort myself out eventually, but windows XP for me does everything i could ask of it, and it does it really well and in a way i understand.

people have plenty to bitch at micro'$'oft about, but at the end of the day, windows XP is a f**king great OS to have doing all the background system stuff for you. i'm not interested in any arguments here - i'm sure any naysayers have some extremely valid points. i'm also sure that linux has some very super qualities, on top of it being free. windows XP just works really well, is really easy to use and operate in, and is just a really well engineered interface.

you know how it works, you understand how to do everything, and you have it installed. more importantly, everything you currently have works on it, and most people make things for it. if you're comfortable with the system itself, there's no reason to need to change.

all that said tho, experimentation is good, and its worth trying it to see how you feel. i tried it, but it was really not long at all before i went back to the stuff i know and love. having new and different boundaries to operate within can be very rewarding and inspiring. however, not being able to figure out how to do really basic things and having to think about your computer in a slightly different way, to me,isn't.

using new and different tools to reach your artistic goals is great. however, trying linux over windows is not like picking up a different instrument; it's like getting a whole new body with a lot of your muscles and nerves wired up the wrong way.

of course, i'm sure linux is fabulous.

[puerileboy]

My advice would be DONT.

Yeah i agree, i regularly download and install a different distro every few months just to see where linux is at these days, and if you were to use Mandrake there is a good chance it will be the most current on all RPMs but installing apps always tend to border on nightmarish as you find hosts of dependency problems. If you are into that sort of thing (which i am) it is fun in a nerdish kind of way, but if that isn't your cup of joe, and you are looking for something out of the box that will compete with XP .. i wouldn't recommend it. For general word proccessing, or spreadsheets, or i-net browsing i would say go for it, but something as focused as audio work .. no

[puerileboy]

of note however, Jorgen has not denied he is working on a linux port of eXT. How to deal with VSTIs/VSTs being they are .dll's and a windows specific file will be a nusance, but perhaps some type of wrapper can be made.

[guitman]

hi,i'm using linux

http://www.agnula.org

http://demudi.alioth.debian.org/

http://muzik.agnula.org/

http://www.muse-sequencer.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

http://ardour.org/

http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/

http://linux-sound.org/

there are a lot of things more.

Read a bit and check it by yourself.



Sorry for my english.

Cheers.

[guitman]

hi there:

I am comtemplating moving from windows xp to linux?? Is there any linux users out there that can give me some advise on if this is worth it? Also how does Linux compare to windows xp also when i run my music system will i encounter any problems with vst's, browers, sequencers???

One example:

http://www.ciberguitarra.com/Article156.html
Is in spanish but at least you can hear a simple demo.
http://www.guitaronline.org/mp3/Simple_Song.ogg

Cheers.

[juffi]

Well i tested several Linux-distros, i find for myself that Mandrake 10 was the best one, because i could get nearly everything working there. Problem is nearly. I think the biggest problem is support under Linux for your hardware, especially if you look to your soundcard and maybe midi-Keyboard. I have a EMU 1212m soundcard. There are no drivers out there for Linux. Same thing for my USB-Midi-Keyboard. Another thing is, i like working with Cubase SX. As far as i know Steinberg has no plans to make a Linux Version. I tried Muse and Rosegarden, quite nice programs but it felt like i was working with buggy software, they crashed often. If you get all your favourite VST-Plugs running there, tell me how and what.

That said, i would go for WIN XP (pro). It is not so cheap, but easy to handle , and EVERYTHING works, simply everything (well on my PC )

[Tomr55]

Hi there wonder if can get some advise.

I am comtemplating moving from windows xp to linux?? Is there any linux users out there that can give me some advise on if this is worth it? Also how does Linux compare to windows xp also when i run my music system will i encounter any problems with vst's, browers, sequencers???

Any advise would be great.

Thanks in advance

That depends: What are your interests? Are you interested in software engineering or in music composition? If you're interested in the first issue, then by all means. Compile/link/debug yourself to nirvana. If you're interested in making music, then pay the price (so to speak), stop thinking about the "computer" and master whatever tools you've chosen. Oh, and make sure that you have something to say musically at the end of the day or all of this is academic.

Just two-cents from an academic who has used Linux, Windows, ... hell, Digital Equipment, LISP machines, etc., since the early 1980's, but has composed and written music a lot longer ...

Regards,

TomR