I can understand the frustration on the "all" experience, but we should remember, that to running an RT kernel you don't need to to compile yourself, the kernel shiped on the 9.10 is way better than usual (apart the 8.04 the real deal :D ). Most of the problems people first get are the priorities configurations. An that can be a little confusing at the beginning, but will also give the user a knowledge that will be usefull on the pro audio work. The aspect, most of the people complain, is the command line interface (CLI). This is a false question, because the productivity is incriesed when using the CLI. Its a powerfull tool for configuration, debbuging, install etc. faster than the graphic paradigm. Remeber productivity is about the time spend to do a task. and believ-me for most of this task the CLI is FASTER. the learning curve is not so hard as people think. IMHO the BIG problem comes when the users think that a GUI is always better than CLI. Some users think that CLI is very outdated etc... well about that i just tell this: Count the time you take running the menus to start, for example firefox, and the time takes you to type in the CLI firefox.... than you have an idea.... <div class="gmail_quote">2009/12/4 Mac McIlvaine <<a href="mailto:suemac@empire.net">suemac@empire.net</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> At Friday, 4 December 2009, you wrote: >There is only one thing I do not understand.why are people wanting PROFESSIONALY graded software, If they dont want to learn and how to use it????IF it is PRO, IT IS OBVIOUS that it will have a lot of function. I think people ask to much... OR it is simple or it is pro. <snip> >2009/12/4 Brian King <<a href="mailto:baking666@gmail.com">baking666@gmail.com</a>> > I think a lot of frustration comes from the whole experience rather than a particular software application. By that I mean, learning to use the functionality of, say, Ardour, is different from needing to learn how to build the kernel in order to get to point where one can begin to learn Ardour. (Imagine if everyone had to learn how to culture yeast before they could enjoy a good beer...) In truth, free software does, indeed, have a price...you need to learn a bit of computer geekness. ;-) =================================================================== EASY and FREE access to your email anywhere: <a href="http://Mailreader.com/" target="_blank">http://Mailreader.com/</a> =================================================================== -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users</a> </blockquote></div> -- Fagote / Contrafagote Bassoon / Contra-bassoon <a href="http://myspace.com/ricardolameiro">http://myspace.com/ricardolameiro</a>