Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2022 12:03:20 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> To: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net>, white-wolf <white-wolf@ovh.fr> Cc: questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: MAO on FreeBSD Message-ID: <CAAdA2WPJeiJTG7_VoEie6zWoGTfCwQ5fT47zzfMaRgeV7KpXYg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20220804105350.5bc5125d@archlinux> References: <0a25da92-9009-402c-88e5-8d8811389cd1@edison> <CAAdA2WPMMrA_bd4SW5FJSb9TQp9bjQYGmc9sDRTomStyVhkphg@mail.gmail.com> <20220804105350.5bc5125d@archlinux>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, Aug 4, 2022 at 11:54 AM Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> wrote: > On Thu, 4 Aug 2022 10:23:25 +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > >What is MAO, if I may ask? > > musique assistée par ordinateur > computer-assisted music > > On Thu, 4 Aug 2022 00:25:33 +0200, white-wolf wrote: > >I'm not sure of the version of FreeBSD for a MAO workstation. [snip] > >It's destined to à professionnal usage [snip] > > Professional as in self-employed or sponsored as in university employee? > For doing this ordinary mortals are using proprietary operating systems > for good reasons. > > I've got a Linux audio workstation, as well as a forbidden fruit audio > workstation and was a professional audio engineer. As far as I know > only a few spoiled intellectuals are using FLOSS operating systems for > professional work. > > It probably depends on what you want to do, but for most usecases in > this domain FreeBSD and Linux aren't suitable to make a living, since > the software for those FLOSS operating systems is way behind > proprietary solutions. > What about if one doesn't have the "budget" for those proprietary solutions? I suppose FLOSS works too. @white-wolf <white-wolf@ovh.fr> can as well start with Ubuntustudio <https://ubuntustudio.org/>; . I have never trusted FreeBSD as a Desktop OS. Quite limiting! I use FreeBSD solely for servers. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-) [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 4, 2022 at 11:54 AM Ralf Mardorf <<a href="mailto:ralf-mardorf@riseup.net">ralf-mardorf@riseup.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Thu, 4 Aug 2022 10:23:25 +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote:<br> >What is MAO, if I may ask?<br> <br> musique assistée par ordinateur<br> computer-assisted music<br> <br> On Thu, 4 Aug 2022 00:25:33 +0200, white-wolf wrote:<br> >I'm not sure of the version of FreeBSD for a MAO workstation. [snip]<br> >It's destined to à professionnal usage [snip]<br> <br> Professional as in self-employed or sponsored as in university employee?<br> For doing this ordinary mortals are using proprietary operating systems<br> for good reasons.<br> <br> I've got a Linux audio workstation, as well as a forbidden fruit audio<br> workstation and was a professional audio engineer. As far as I know<br> only a few spoiled intellectuals are using FLOSS operating systems for<br> professional work.<br> <br> It probably depends on what you want to do, but for most usecases in<br> this domain FreeBSD and Linux aren't suitable to make a living, since<br> the software for those FLOSS operating systems is way behind<br> proprietary solutions.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>What about if one doesn't have the "budget" for those proprietary solutions?</div><div>I suppose FLOSS works too.</div><div><a class="gmail_plusreply" id="plusReplyChip-0" href="mailto:white-wolf@ovh.fr" tabindex="-1">@white-wolf</a> can as well start with <a href="https://ubuntustudio.org/">Ubuntustudio </a> . I have never trusted FreeBSD as a Desktop OS. Quite limiting!</div><div>I use FreeBSD solely for servers.</div></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Best regards,<br>Odhiambo WASHINGTON,<br>Nairobi,KE<br>+254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223<br>"<span style="font-size:12.8px">Oh, the cruft.</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">", </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">egrep -v '^$|^.*#' </span><span style="background-color:rgb(34,34,34);color:rgb(238,238,238);font-family:"Lucida Console",Consolas,"Courier New",monospace;font-size:13.6px">¯\_(ツ)_/¯</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> :-)</span></div></div></div></div></div>
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