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Interview with Lennart Poettering (LinuxFR.org)

Interview with Lennart Poettering (LinuxFR.org)

Posted Jul 6, 2011 17:44 UTC (Wed) by jrigg (subscriber, #30848)
In reply to: Interview with Lennart Poettering (LinuxFR.org) by bronson
Parent article: Interview with Lennart Poettering (LinuxFR.org)

> Linux is starting to make a dent in the professional audio world precisely because of these "useless configuration options."

Exactly. I've been using Linux for pro audio work for the last six years, thanks to the configuration options provided by ALSA. Desktop and pro audio requirements are mutually exclusive in many respects. In order to cater to both sets of users a certain amount of configurability is necessary.



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