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Linux audio forums, IRC channels, mailing lists, and wikis
This page could/should be split into multiple pages. In case it stays a single page, it should be renamed to something like 'linux_audio_places'. Also, a podcast page/section should probably be added.
Forums
General Linux audio support forums
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/
- Italy - http://www.linux-audio.org/ and http://linuxaudio.it/
Distribution-specific support forums
- 64Studio forum (English, Buy Professional Support option)
- Ubuntu (Studio) forum and IRC (Forums in practically every language)
What mailing list?) and - Musix support (Spanish - Português - Français - Català - English - Italian - Russian)
| Page | Description | Release Date | Tags | ||||||||
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| kvraudio | good site for locating VST/VSTi plugins | ||||||||||
| LinuxMAO | a French-speaking community for worldwide Linux audio users. It includes a wiki, a forum, an IRC channel and others stuffs | ||||||||||
| LinuxMusicians Forum | An active community of Linux Musicians | ||||||||||
| Studio Forum - Linux | a support/discussion forum in Swedish and Norwegian for newcomers to Linux audio | ||||||||||
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
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.
| Page | Description | Release Date | Tags | ||||||||
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| LAA | linux audio announcement email list | ||||||||||
| LAD | linux audio developers email list | ||||||||||
| LAT | linux audio tuning email list | ||||||||||
| LAU | linux audio users email list | ||||||||||
| Linux Audio Developers | the LAD list is dedicated to "discussion of topics relevant to audio under Linux, with an accent .. | ||||||||||
| Linux Audio Users | a mail-list for people focused on using rather than hacking Linux audio applications | ||||||||||
Other wikis
- French - LinuxMAO's wiki - http://www.linuxmao.org/Toute+la+documentation
- Finnish - Linuxaudio section of Linux.fi wiki - http://linux.fi/wiki/Musiikinteko_Linuxilla
| Page | Description | Release Date | Tags | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALSA Wiki | unofficial wiki about ALSA, the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture | ||||||||||
| Audacity Wiki | * <http://audacityteam.org/wiki/> wiki, Not software | ||||||||||
| LiLAQ | wiki about how to get high quality sound on a Linux system | 2008-02-22 |  | ||||||||
| LinuxMAO | a French-speaking community for worldwide Linux audio users. It includes a wiki, a forum, an IRC channel and others stuffs | ||||||||||
| Linux Artist | a resource for artists (including the sonic types) using Linux | ||||||||||
| Linux VST/VSTi Compatibility Page | list of compatible plugins |  | |||||||||
| Pd Wiki | wiki, Not software, Unmaintained projects | | |||||||||
| Ruccas.org | a wiki-based site for "unconventional computer and electronic art" | ||||||||||