LMMS

[Kaj Ailomaa]

On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:16:34 +0200, Len Ovens <len at ovenwerks.net> wrote:

>
> On Sun, October 14, 2012 2:44 pm, ttoine wrote:
>> Eric,
>>
>> But is there a "fully open and free software" that can used instead of
>> LMMS ?
>
> I think the licensing issues are wine related. The fonts in particular  
> But
> they are not depends so we may be able to just not install them and still
> run LMMS. But, the amd64 version of LMMS does not have VST support (or
> need wine) so we would be supporting two different versions, a full 32  
> bit
> and a less full 64bit. Anyone trying to help someone with LMMS who has  
> the
> 32 bit version would frustrate the 64bit user. (the kxstudio versions  
> have
> the same problem BTW) I am beginning to understand why LMMS has not been
> included in the distro...
>


I haven't heard anyone else but you talk about these issues, so I'm not  
hearing any evidence that this would be the case.
VST support on Linux, with wine, is somewhat an extra addition, which  
requries it's own knowledgebase. It's not a requirement in any way.
I don't see why this has to have any weight at all in deciding whether or  
not to add an open source Linux program to the default set of Ubuntu  
Studio applications.

As to the lack of info on Linux+VST in Ubuntu Studio docs, this could be  
ammended by writing some. Or, pointing with links to docs that deals with  
it.