[D-community-offtopic] pro audio hardware driver advocacy

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 2014-01-18 at 03:28 +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> There is room for some positive glass-half-full advocacy between
> companies producing pro-audio hardware, and the linuxdriverproject.org
> (GregKH and ~400 other volunteer developers).
> 
> Here is a post I just made to exactly this effect:
> http://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10104&start=45
> 
> Here is Linux Driver Project, and FAQ:
> http://www.linuxdriverproject.org/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page
> 
> http://www.linuxdriverproject.org/mediawiki/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions
> 
> It seems there is a little bit of a need in our community for
> individuals who have, or who are going to purchase, currently
> unsupported pro audio hardware, to mentor their manufacturer of choice
> through the awesome benefits of gratis/no-cost audio driver
> development (even under NDA if they require), for Linux, the greatest
> kernel ever :)
> 
> It's hard to beat free development by volunteer developers!

My RME sound card is a recommendation from the Linux audio developers
community :). I didn't bought crap, but the card anyway doesn't work
correctly with Linux.