On 09/24/2018 11:12 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Sun, 23 Sep 2018 21:33:47 -0700, Hank Stanglow wrote:
Almost half the software I use for multimedia comes containerized
rather than from a traditional repository model -- that goes for an
Ardour subscription as well.
If Ardour should be installed to e.g. /opt and use static, instead of
shared libraries, it's not a container.
And there is also the WINE effect. It works really well these days. In
a lot of cases you can get a Windows "hassle free" audio experience in
a Linux OS, and you don't need a custom distribution for WINE.
I'm using wine-staging for gr-55_floorboard, since the Linux version is
unusable.
[weremouse@moonstudio ~]$ cat /mnt/archlinux/usr/local/bin/gr-55_floorboard_wine
#!/bin/dash
wine '/home/rocketmouse/.wine/drive_c/Program Files
(x86)/GR-55FloorBoard/GR-55FloorBoard.exe' &
exit
However, this can't be compared with snaps. Btw. wine allows to install
the same software to one path by another, which could be useful for
troubleshooting.
I can't see how wine is related to snappy and Co., were not only
pro-audio is quasi unusable, but even a MUA such as Evolution only
works with crippled functionality, due to security restrictions, caused
by the container approach.
Thanks for your input Ralf, I apparently was not able to communicate my
point and I don't want to get dragged into a back-and-forth on
semantics. My point was simply that, as a multimedia producer, I find
there are _many_ more options available today outside the "central
repository" model than there were just a few years ago. This is a good
thing for FOSS and seemingly a bad thing for Ubuntu Studio. Newest
versions of the best FOSS multimedia software can be easily downloaded
from their respective sites or installed via snaps or flatpacks, and in
my experience they are all fairly stable on multiple desktop environments.
While audio was a the primary reason I initially chose Ubuntu Studio it
wasn't the only reason. I also do graphics, photography, video, 3D
modeling, and web development. Ubuntu Studio was a great fit for a
while, but today I don't find themed distributions useful for my purposes.
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