[sdiy] Re: OT: important PC spying / hacking

[Paul Higgins]

On Monday, April 26, 2004, at 10:04 PM, Ralph Karsten wrote:

> Geez you guys... just get Linux and be done with it.
>
> -Ralph

OS Wars, huh?  OK, I'll bite...

I like Linux a lot.  My little iBook dual-boots OS X and Debian.  In 
fact, there's the "Fink" project over at SourceForge that lets X users 
install Linux software using the .deb package manager from Debian.  And 
I have to say that there's a hell of a lot of great engineering tools 
for Linux, especially for microcontrollers and PCB design.

OTOH, have you ever tried to find something like Digital Performer for 
Linux?  And audio hardware support is pretty dodgy; that's not the 
fault of the Linux people, but the manufacturers who won't divulge 
enough info for drivers to be written.

As the kids say, "it's all good".

-PRH

P.S.  In the case of further OS Wars discussion, we should probably 
take this off-list, no?  It isn't exactly Synth-DIY.  Not that I don't 
enjoy talking OS Wars.  : )

-PRH

Paul Higgins
email: higg0008 at tc.umn.edu