On Mon, 24 Sep 2018 at 04:45, Ralf Mardorf <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Sep 2018 16:09:33 -0700, Hank Stanglow wrote: > >growing emphasis on Snaps > > It's just a growing hype from a minority of Ubuntu developers > involved in snap development. > > "Search thousands of snaps used by millions of people across 50 Linux > distributions" > > https://snapcraft.io/store > > There's a reason for the missing pro-audio software, due to the > container approach, it requires special interfaces to e.g. share the > sound server by different apps. > > > https://docs.snapcraft.io/core/install > > Which are those 50 distros? > > Arch isn't one of those, it's a misleading claim! > > > https://docs.snapcraft.io/core/install-arch-linux > > The installation instructions are horrible! > > > "Warning: AUR helpers are not supported by Arch Linux." - > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_helpers > > "Arch Linux related mailing lists and other official Arch Linux support > channels aren't an appropriate place to request help with snaps on Arch > Linux." - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Snapd#Support > > > That something is "available", in the case of Arch Linux by something > comparable to a PPA, doesn't mean that it's supported, or that the > distro even supports the desired infrastructure. > > From the PKGBUILD's ./configure: "--disable-apparmor" - > https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=snapd > > But even if you stay with Ubuntu and snaps, it's not easy to use it for > pro-audio software, if possible at all. > People from Jack, PulseAudio, GStreamer, GNOME, KDE will meet at the end of October for a hackfest about improving the Linux audio situation. If successful, it seems this will make distributions focused on audio less relevant. "The idea that we can have a shared infrastructure for consumer level audio and pro-audio under Linux really excites me and I do believe that if we do this right, Linux will take a huge step forward as a natural home for pro-audio desktop users." (Christian's opinion) https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2018/09/24/getting-the-team-together-to-revolutionize-linux-audio/
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