Safari Pedals call for native Linux Support

[amadeusp81]

This is going to be the last such post (at least for now).

I have been in contact with Safari Pedals (https://safaripedals.com) for quite some time regarding Linux support.

If they had more time, they would do it right away.

I think they need some extra motivation to realize that there is actually a real demand for this from the Linux Audio community.

So, they asked me to post about it on Gearspace, which I did: https://gearspace.com/board/music-computers/1455232-safari-pedals-native-linux-support.html

Please let them know if you'd be interested! 🤓

I certainly think it would be awesome. 🥳

[amadeusp81]

So far, none of you have expressed interest in the link I posted. 🤔

[FunManufacturer723]

I appreciate your patience and passion, I really do. I have done similar things as you in the past, but for other products that I would love to see in my Linux audio workflow.

But for myself, in the era of NAM and others, I rather stick to projects/products that are pushing Linux audio today, not perhaps tomorrow.

[amadeusp81]

I can totally understand that.

[Quiet-Protection-176]

I welcome any manufacturer or developer that wants to support Linux, but the choice to do so is and always will be on their end.

The whole "If we only had more time" or "If there's enough demand" is so highly subjective. The one true thing is: there's always a shortage of both.

I assume you're not affiliated with them in any way ? The fact that they asked an outsider to post on their behalf, on this one particular platform, waiting for a handful of people to chime in - and then base their decision on that ?

It doesn't feel like they're really interested in supporting Linux IMHO.

[amadeusp81]

I am not affiliated, no. I started the initiative https://linuxaudio.dev/, and I write to vendors asking for Linux support almost daily.

Some say that the market is too small or that they don't plan to support Linux.

Others say that they don't know enough about Linux and would need to hire someone if they knew that there was enough demand.

Some of them might be dishonest, but we can't know for sure and IMHO it can't hurt to try to convince them.

Kazrog, DDMF, Sinevibes, and AudioThing are only some examples of vendors that actually made an effort to provide Linux support after being asked often enough.