From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 19 15:42:20 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFFDA106566B for ; Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:42:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from solarux@hotmail.com) Received: from bay0-omc3-s22.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc3-s22.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.190.160]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB17F8FC08 for ; Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:42:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from BAY113-W38 ([65.54.190.189]) by bay0-omc3-s22.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:42:20 -0800 Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [67.204.27.21] From: Rick N To: Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:42:20 -0500 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <201002190920.o1J9KBXJ004274@lurza.secnetix.de> References: , <201002190920.o1J9KBXJ004274@lurza.secnetix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Feb 2010 15:42:20.0587 (UTC) FILETIME=[1F7CA7B0:01CAB17A] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: RE: LinuxBSDos.com article X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:42:21 -0000 I'm picking up the M-Audio Audiophile 192=2C mostly becuase this sound car= d does work well with FreeBSD/OSS drivers=2C from what I've read. ? But mmm=2C unfortunately I didn't even know/remeber that FreeBSD has no mi= di at all ? It certainly won't prevent me from using *BSD anyways. Hopefully=2C midi may ba added in the future. =20 ahh well :( =20 =20 > Date: Fri=2C 19 Feb 2010 10:20:11 +0100 > From: olli@lurza.secnetix.de > To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG > CC:=20 > Subject: Re: LinuxBSDos.com article >=20 > Jayton Garnett wrote: > > Why would I be bothered about MIDI? >=20 > You wouldn't because you're obviously not a musician. >=20 > > I've got an on-board sound card that has=2C get this=2C 5.1 Surround So= und. 5.1 > > surround sound=2C can you ruddy well believe it? >=20 > What does that have to do with MIDI? >=20 > I've got a MIDI keyboard that can be connected to a PC. > It can be used with almost every OS on the planet=2C from > ancient MS-DOS to Windows 7=2C of course OS X and Linux=2C > NetBSD and OpenBSD=2C and even less common systems like > OS/2=2C BeOS and its successor Haiku-OS. They all support > MIDI interfaces out of the box. >=20 > But -- FreeBSD does not. It's the only OS I cannot use > my keyboard with. This is frustrating and annoying. >=20 > > Come on=2C it's 2010=2C not 1985! Get with the times. Most content will= be > > streamed online within the next 5=2C a lot of it already is. > > How will your MIDI cope then? > >=20 > > mv /dev/midi* /dev/null =3B-) >=20 > Sounds like you don't know what MIDI really is=2C and how > important it still is for musicians. >=20 > Best regards > Oliver >=20 > --=20 > Oliver Fromme=2C secnetix GmbH & Co. KG=2C Marktplatz 29=2C 85567 Grafing= b. M. > Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen=2C HRA 74606=2C Gesch=E4ftsfueh= rung: > secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH=2C Handelsregister: Registergericht M= =FCn- > chen=2C HRB 125758=2C Gesch=E4ftsf=FChrer: Maik Bachmann=2C Olaf Erb=2C R= alf Gebhart >=20 > FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen=2C -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bs= d >=20 > "UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things=2C > because that would also stop you from doing clever things." > -- Doug Gwyn > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe=2C send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" =20 _________________________________________________________________