[sdiy] OT: Screw Linux.

[Jay Vaughan]

>I've had bad times with Linux, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD... and Solaris. And
>IRIX. Through all my time with NetBSD (I've used it since 1.4.0) it has
>just... worked. Perfectly. And not only that, it'll work the same way -
>on everything - including your toaster.
>

hello, slackware.


>To bring things back on topic, I've seriously considered buying one of
>those embedded systems as they are slick and inexpensive, and offer
>pc104 bus. My idea was a pc104 card with a full analog voice on it...
>

do it.  linux audio on small itty bitty micro-processors can yet 
yield surprising results, in leaps and bounds from territories often 
overlooked..

>Then you could use the overpowered (for this application) cpu to make
>all of the control signals in software, as well as use the leftover
>power for software effects/waveshapers/processing. Vectored FM synthesis
>with analog filters anyone?
>

do it on a small and efficient CPU, then sign me up.

>It could also be fully multitimbral without much fuss. Great for onstage
>use.

great for teaching the windows/osx DAW hegemony a lesson, also.

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Jay Vaughan