ProTools vs. Ardour. Why spend the money 777

On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 12:31:03 -0400, mista twista

It's no worse than any other OS in this respect.

Perhaps a little better, as security alerts requiring you to update software-virus definitions etc are quite rare.

Linux tends to keep on going with very little distress or vexation, which is why historically it has been seen as a good server OS.

So they should be. Sadly, version numbers have become a bit meaningless nowadays. There is some good software below version 1.0, and some distinctly shabby software getting a new major version every other weekend.

One problem with free software is that price is quite a useful rough way to judge quality. Without that metric, only reputation or judging it for yourself remains. And there is a lot of software to judge.

As the trolling OP appears to have an insane fixation on using open source at all costs, and dumping a perfectly good DAW, it would appear that only Linux is suitable here. :)

Anyway, the whole Ardour vs PT thing is a canard.

About eight times as many people use warezd audio software than legitimate software. If free Linux audio software can begin to replace cracked software then it's breaking into a huge market. And once you get people used to a certain way of working, they tend to stick with it.

Pros will follow once it's useful for them. Price is not an issue, but freedom (of data formats, working methods, compatibility) could swing it.