Among those I own, I'd go with my Yamaha MODX6 and would be happy for ever. Among all synths.... hm, this is a tough one. I like too many! Perhaps, I'd still go for a workstation synth and probably the Roland Fantom 6. Note that I'd still prefer a workstation synth rather than my laptop with the best DAW with all the plugins in the world, even though a DAW is indispensable to produce music, while the hardware synth is not. I am here for the fun first, not the production necessarily.
Instrument: I love my Yamaha MODX6 but now start fall in love with my new Roland SH-4d. Technique: I have been a casual piano player for 40 years and got the synth virus four years ago. Keyboard playing is my aim after I create (or better tweek) a sound. Artist: Too many to list. The classics (Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Vivaldi) but also Vangelis, Jean Michel Jarre and Mike Oldfield.
One of the many values of GNU/Linux, and free software in general, is choice. You don't have to use any particular distro if it doesn't fit your use case or preferences. I don't use Gentoo but really appreciate that it exists. If I ever wanted more control over my system, I could turn to this tried and tested distro. I am quite lazy these days and from a short period of breaking Arch, I started breaking Debian, then staying with Debian stable without breaking it and now I have moved to MX Linux, which is Debian that someone else (the MX/Antix team) have set up in the way that I want without having to install everything myself. But, yes. There is great value in Gentoo (like in Kali, Tails, Slackware, Guix, etc).
Is that all? I can live with that! A few months ago that I checked there were a lot more open issues.
I guess my biggest difficulty will be that the Macbook is my wife's new laptop and she'll kill me if I change the OS... again!
My first comment would be that free software made by a corporation is still free software. Like Eclipse, which was originally made by IBM and is a huge ecosystem, especially for "java and friends." So, there is nothing wrong with VS Code(ium). It is a "proper" open source editor and a very good one (I don't use it though - I prefer EMACS).
As for community-base alternatives (which is probably what you mean), you could consider kdevelop or pulsar. There are other alternatives which are equally good and surely one of them will fit your purpose. You mentioned Kate and I can't find anything wrong with it, especially once you start installing the plugins that are relevant to what you do. Same with Gedit.
I don't get the same impression in my community. I'm pretty sure that we all love capitalism in "[email protected]" What communities do you waste your time on?
I love Fedora. It was my OS of preference 20y ago. Now I am old and use Debian. Arch was a very shortlived adventure in a transitional period that I felt tired of keep breaking all my OSs out of boredom.
They can all serve the same purpose. The advantages of 7zip are the following:
- It is totally free (as both in free beer and free speach)
- The 7z compression format is superior to rar because it can compress either more or faster (not both though)
- The rar format is proprietary. You are free to decompress but not to compress. In a business setting, you could theoretically get in trouble if you don't have a license. In some countries, e.g. USA, even outside a business setting. But if you have been using winrar forever, I can't see you changing your ways anytime soon! :)
How can it be one? GNU/Linux, Firefox, EMACS, Ardour, Vitalium, SurgeXT, KX Studio (OK, this is repo), Carla, Gnome, Debian, MX Linux, XFCE, KDE Plasma, GIMP I am absolutely sure I am missing more s/w packages that I love but don't come to mind.
Just wanted to share that I ordered my new Roland SH-4d and will be here, hopefully, before the next weekend. I am trying to find some good video tutorials to be ready for my new baby next week! Super excited!
Your response is problematic because you wrote it with a healthy state of mind. And that will soon be punishable @[email protected]
I love it. I am not experienced in synthesis but am able to make some sounds as they come from my mind. I find it much easier than my JD-08, which feels complex even though I understand its main principles. I have used so far my Yamaha MODX6, which has plenty of menu diving, even though it is fantastic and software plugin synths. Having direct control with all the knobs over simpler synths is a different feeling. All 11 synth engines are relatively straightforward and not too deep, while it is possible to create complex sounds. Although the JD-08 can create more complex sounds with a single engine, I totally prefer the SH-4d.