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Other Help Channels
Should this wiki not quite work out for you - perhaps you're looking for another language, or prefer a medium like chat - there are many other Linux audio help channels you may peruse.
Forums
General Support
English
- LinuxMusicians Forum - Also houses the official KXStudio and Laborejo forums.
Other languages
- Dutch (Nederlandstalig) - Linux en muziek productie forum op homerecording.be
- French - http://www.linuxmao.org/Accueil
- Polish - http://linux-muzyka.ixion.pl/
Distribution-specific support
- 64Studio forum (English, Buy Professional Support option)
- Ubuntu (Studio) forum and IRC (Forums in practically every language)
- Ubuntu Multimedia Production forum (English, focused on Audio and Video production)
- Musix support (Spanish - Português - Français - Català - English - Italian - Russian)
IRC channels
When using IRC, please be patient. It might be night in other countries and people from there might not be online, or online and AFK, or simply busy. One usually just writes one's question there, and if someone knows an answer, you will usually recieve it in up to half an hour (usually 5-10 minutes).
On irc.freenode.net
For general Linux audio help
- #linuxmusicians
Distro- and program-specific help
- #kxstudio
- #ubuntustudio
- #archaudio
- #alsa
- #ardour
- #ardour-mixbus
- #dataflow (for PureData)
- #jack
- #laborejo
- #ladi
- #lilypond
- #linuxsampler
- #lmms
- #musescore
- #non
General Linux and hardware help
- #ubuntu (support channel of what is currently the most popular Linux distribution)
- #linux (requires you to register your nick)
- ##hardware
- #nvidia, #nouveau, #radeon, #ati, #intel-gfx, #bumblebee, #poulsbo (graphics card support channels)
Mailing Lists
Mailing lists are a somewhat old method of communication, but quite popular out here - particularly among developers, but is also used by users. You need to register with them to post a message, but you can read the archives (i.e. all messages being posted) without registering.
- Linux Audio mailing lists - You can also search it's archives.