oh Frendly guy Linux is so far ahead of anyonther operating system when it comes to music and music programming.
It is always a learning curve that I agree with. But Standford University that is where it all happens man.
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Linux musicians are a cool bunch. Speech to text that is a tough one.
As far as right now with my github build of MIXXX with pulse audio also you can add 4 or 8 mics. there is a huge amount of preconfigured middi
MIXXX not the SBO build but the one I contribute to.
you would like. the 2.0 I have been using and testing for over a year now is rock solid. 4 turn tables up to 8 samplers. set up for most
midi set up it is as close as you will get to the best. If you want karaoke do not get it it is for real musicians that want to brodcast.
or dj. http://www.mixxx.org/ my build git clone https://github.com/Drakeo/Slackware-...l-build-script
then git checkout 14.1 master may build with current but waiting for Pat to realease. 14.2
you may want to check out how I set up my set_rlimits.conf This really helps alot.

My sentiments exactly....

But that is really not a problem, I can make any printer work in Linux..And most of the time, if you ask the mfg. they have a Linux driver that they will gladly give you for download. Printer MFG's want you to use their printer.

I wonder about this one -- shouldn't any device with lpd port open just print anything in PostScript from that port no matter which OS?
I have to say I was impressed recently by an HP print/scanner which worked great printing with HPlip and scanned using an HTML interface, I read very good things about Brother printers and Linux support and Xerox seem to provide drivers but are the drivers really necessary and,if so, why?

Don't you think I asked Dell if they had a software patch or something that would make my Dell C1765 MFP work on Linux Ubuntu 14.04?
I did that and the answer was NO, and they have no plans to make one.!!!

Gee, If Dell is not Willing to make Linux Drivers for their Printers(Dell Printers are knock of of Lexmark Printers)IBM makes Lexmark Printers, I'm sure that IBM has Linux Drivers for your Printer)Then Why do you even deal with Dell?

Yes Any Printer should work regardless of OS, but you must have drivers for the device , also CUPS is needed in Unix like OS's.

That confuses me though as I thought the whole point of PostScript was that you dumped the file on the printer and it came out? I don't understand why there's a need for a driver in the process. I know back in the day when there were "software printers" for Windows where the printer itself was a dumb box and the Windows software was the actual printer then software was, of course needed. However, we now have network-attached printers with their own web servers even so why is a driver needed, why can't a file simply be dumped onto a port on the device and print?

I'm sorry, you are now getting into expertise that I am not familiar with.as to why you now need drivers for printers is beyond me.

if u need some program ported to penguin better stay with winBUG$ !!!

I the part of the point of this thread is to highlight that people may be wiling to pay for Linux ports of applications and that people do buy devices because of their Linux support.
This thread is about challenging the status quo.

No the point of Linux is "FREEDOM" FREE OS, FREE SOFTWARE, FREE GAMES: FREE AS IN NO COST TO ME!

Not really, no. You may want freeware or think the world owes you something but not all do. Some want libre software and some are pragmatists who are willing to pay people for their hard work also.
Personally, I do prefer GNU and other style libre software and wish everything were like that but that has nothing to do with money. People who just want ~others to make~ software they don't have to pay for are called lazy cheapskates.

Free to learn: http://manybooks.net/titles/williams...04freed10.html

Well Gee, I guess you don't know about the opportunities to contribute to the Linux Foundation, your favorite Distro, FOSS, any number of Linux organizations. Nah, you don't, you would rather pay someone to do things for you.