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Linux: It's Not Just For Computer Geeks Anymore
http://www.keyboardmag.com/story.asp?sectioncode=29&storycode=17973
OPEN SOURCE:
Software is open-source when its source code is available for anyone to see, under an agreement that users can change it however they see fit, as long as they pass along the same rights to future users. Think of Wikipedia: Anyone can contribute, but no one can claim copyright or earn royalties on content they've submitted there.
FREE:
Open source aficionados distinguish two meanings of this word: “free as in speech” and “free as in beer.” Linux and Ardour are free in both senses. You can read and change the source code (which is like an act of speech, since a programming language is a language that can be used for personal and creative expression), and you can download software without paying anything for it. Pirated commercial software, on the other hand, is free only in the latter sense, and unlike software for Linux, illegally so.
Hexter
Yamaha DX7 emulator that can load most DX7 patch bank files
dssi.sourceforge.net/hexter.html
Rosegarden
Multitrack audio and MIDI sequencer with score notation
www.rosegardenmusic.com
Rtsynth
plucked-string modeling synth
www.linux-sound.org/rtsynth/
http://www.keyboardmag.com/story.asp?sectioncode=29&storycode=17973
OPEN SOURCE:
Software is open-source when its source code is available for anyone to see, under an agreement that users can change it however they see fit, as long as they pass along the same rights to future users. Think of Wikipedia: Anyone can contribute, but no one can claim copyright or earn royalties on content they've submitted there.
FREE:
Open source aficionados distinguish two meanings of this word: “free as in speech” and “free as in beer.” Linux and Ardour are free in both senses. You can read and change the source code (which is like an act of speech, since a programming language is a language that can be used for personal and creative expression), and you can download software without paying anything for it. Pirated commercial software, on the other hand, is free only in the latter sense, and unlike software for Linux, illegally so.
Hexter
Yamaha DX7 emulator that can load most DX7 patch bank files
dssi.sourceforge.net/hexter.html
Rosegarden
Multitrack audio and MIDI sequencer with score notation
www.rosegardenmusic.com
Rtsynth
plucked-string modeling synth
www.linux-sound.org/rtsynth/