You know Hot Gary?? 

He offered to meet me plenty of times at the rest area for  his "Hot Fix."   Think I shoud go?  LOL!  Should I bring anything???

Funny, but its actually not really like that. 

Its actually an ego fest in the Linux forums.  Those guys pride themselves on their programming knowledge.  If some dude posts a fix and its crap, he would be ripped to shreds for his stupidity.  I have always found the info to be either helpful or not helpful, never malicious.  The Linux community wants to promote Linux, not set it back.  Cross reference, always.

I do understand what you are saying.  If I paid good money for a computer system, I too would expect the developers to give  me a useable system.

When its free though, we are in no position to complain.  All that hard development work is given to us free of charge.  Most Linux programs work flawlessly. 

The problem with some of versions of Ubuntu Studio, wasn't that the system didn't work, the problem was that the 1 crucial program that tied all the audio programs together, the Jack Server, was flawed.  And without Jack, Ubuntu Studio, as an audio production tool, was useless.  It really was the Mother of all Fu**ups that they would even release it like that.

But I mean, its up to you, the end user.    Would you rather throw money at it, and come away with a turnkey system?  Or are you like some other people, willing to do the leg work if it saves you some cash?   I think we are looking at 2 personality types.  Me, I'm  ok with the leg work.  I mean, I built my main recording guitar from a $79.00 Saga Strat kit.  Yes I had a box of spare parts.  I outfitted it with hot single coils not included with the kit, I had them just laying around.  I put a spare Fender neck on it and a Fender bridge.  I changed out the pots for better ones.  I plugged it in, and it was the best sounding guitar I ever played.  5 way switch, and not a single bad tone.  Funny, because I was always a Les Paul player.  Now my Les Paul just sits in its case.  I almost feel bad for it.  But that Saga Strat is just smokin.  I have a real Strat too, with custom shop pick ups, but even that doesn't sound as good.  Think it was just a chance combination of parts that came together, and sang.  I can't put it down.

My recording computer too.  It started out life as a Pentium III.  I found it at the dumpster when I used to rent.  I found a Pentium 4 motherboard at Goodwill for ....Get this...$1.00, still in its wrapper, never used.  I bought a Pentium processor and memory to fit the board from some dude that ran a computer supply business out of his basement, and the rest came from my spare parts box. Hey....It never crashes, not once. I have run Linux on it since I first assembled it.

I mean, Music for me is a hobby.  The less I spend on it the better.  But spending less, requires me to learn. That I don't mind.

I think it boils down to personality types....

You want Hot Gary's number...???

You are right Mickey...

I do think the old analog days were the best.  I hear you.

I am not a pro like you, but the best stuff was done back then, I whole heartedly agree.    Digital is the new tools.

The sound guys are as important as the band.  They can make or break a recording. Drugs or no drugs, inspiration comes from many sources.

Hey, keep up the good work...with whatever tools you use.

Wow... Windows did it all for you...  How nice.

Theres something to be said for Army training.

Its tough, but it stays with you a lifetime.