Hello,
First, let me say, I am not l0wt3ch, nor is slowpick..
This is me:
http://www.theplpd.webs.com/
http://www.okielinux.webs.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/jayguitarman
I am a Puppy Linux Dev, and a Musician..
I am the creator of the Linux Photo Artists Studio, or P.A.W., the Buddapup series, and MultiPup, amongst many things.. I know full well the effort that goes into this kind of work..
Truth be told, l0wt3ch can come off a bit "abrasive" sometimes, and we have had a row or to in the past..
He can at times be quite arrogant and self righteous, even insulting.. In other words, a normal human being. The one fact I could never deny was the quality of his work.. I`ll be getting back to that..
I
pray that no linux newb falls into the trap of paying for something they could easily get for free elsewhere.
Good luck with that one.. Statements like that show the lack of knowledge involved..
Have you ever compared Studio 4/1337 side by side with the others? I have..
Do you truly understand how being Puppy based, and hence running in ram, effects this type of software?? Do you grasp the effort to compile ALL of this stuff against its own RT kernel??
(And Yes, it matters...)
To get a running jack on boot? To transfer and sequence between various software and DAW components.. I doubt it.. I do, having done it with PAW for graphics, which is much easier.. How much is time and frustration worth?
Anyone can D/L something from "multiverse", it is the integration that matters..
Good work is good work...
And Studio 13.37 is excellent work..
Use it and then comment...
As for the GPL issue..
Sale is a moot point, ask Stallman.. Or R.H.E.L....
As for providing source, or access to it..
1. Why are Musicians arguing the GPL? Of all people, "building upon the shoulders of giants" should be easy to comprehend..
2. Most GPL software contain "Homepage" links anyhow, and Puppy and Slackware do an good job of building the .doc and .dev files from source, and include enough Man/Doc/Help stuff to suffice for links to source.. So?? Check your own Distro...
Look, I use it, it works great, and is well worth more than the man is asking..
It is not a scam, and all arguing aside its up to the user if it merits the price..
It does more, with less, than anything else Ive seen..
So can we discuss the software as it applies to creating Music, as it was intended for...???
Funny, I find this on my first visit, but this has been argued relentlessly elsewhere..
So I have to ask..???
This site should concentrate on the Musical aspect of things, or so I assumed when I joined..