Sat, 17 Jun 2006
I have been using mac os x for the last week
...and after two years of not using it I can honestly say it has not improved
for multimedia at all. The reasons I switched to GNU/Linux for audio production
have only been reinforced by the way open source audio applications and code
libraries are implemented on OS X. This is not the fault of open source
developers. It is only proof that OS X is not a serious platform for audio
development.
Grip is a open source program that runs on GNU/Linux. It does an excellent job
of ripping audio CDs and encoding them to ogg/vorbis or mp3. The only program I
can find for free on OS X is called Ogg Drop, which is nice but hasn't changed
in four years. Yea proprietary development.
ogg/vorbis playback is equally bad with strange third party codecs and
unsupported obsolete applications bearing the responsibility of playing back
open source encoded media.
Compare this to a default Debian GNU/Linux system and you'll find OS X is
virtually non-functional unless you pay individual developers for their niche
applications which you are not allowed to learn from or improve by editing their source code.
My overall experience with OS X is that it hasn't evolved at all since I stoped
using it.
Despite Apple's commitment to open source software under the GUI, their
dedication to open source desktop applications is unsuprisingly absent. In it's
place are the low class shareware hackers, who spend their time reverse
engineering OS X to make it "value added". The whole while with the wool over
their eyes so they can't see the thriving alternative right in front of them.
Shareware hackers! Move on! There are alternatives that work better and have
more users. Your niche is closing in.
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Mon, 17 Apr 2006
Macbook Pro Booting Linux Live CDs
I booted a macbook pro with three different live CDs today. None worked. Here
the list and the fatal problem.
- Knoppix 3.6, linux26 boot parameter. Display goes black after loading
initrd
- Debian Sarge installation CD-R, linux26 boot parameter. Installer loads but
cannot find any installation target. In other words, there is no hard disk
driver in the initrd
- Linux-BBC, 2.4 kernel. Keyboard driver errors eventually eat up all IRQ
time and init gives up
So while frusturating, all these CDs were a bit out of date. I'm going to give
it another round after burning some more updated ones.
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Linux Audio Users SIP Conference Room
I made a conference room for SIP telephones on my Asterisk server. You can
connect to it at this URI <sip:lau@ash.97montrose.org>. Need to talk? Invite
your friends!
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