Brutefir - where has it gone?

[Daihedz]

Hello
Brutefir seems no more available at it's usual repository (https://www.ludd.ltu.se/~torger/brutefir.html). Does anyone know the reason, or the meaning of this fact?
Regards Simon

 

[CharlieLaub]

It looks like BruteFIR is part of several Linux repositories. If you are using one of these, you can just install the package via apt or yum or a GUI package manager. See:
brutefir package versions - Repology

 

[Daihedz]

Thank you, Charlie, for the link.

I still have the sources of the "newest" version 1.0o. So no problem for me and for the moment. But what bothers me is the fact that the LUDD-Site was the primary repository of the sources until now, taken care by Anders Torger, who also is the author of Brutefir. And this address now is down. If Anders Torger is maybe no more taking care of the binaries - then who will do so in the future? I think that brutefir is a most valuable and important software for the linux audio community, too important to leave it perish, slowly outdating. And there are no real alternatives at the horizon which have a similar functional wealth of features.

 

[phofman]

According to LinkedIn, Anders finished his master studies at the university of Lulea at 2000. I would not be surprised if his university profile was cancelled.

Did you try to contact Anders via his linked-in profile?

 

[Daihedz]

Hi

Great idea! You seem to be a member of LinkedIn. I am not, and will not be, because it makes absolutely no sense for me. Could you please, or any other member of LinkedIn here try to contact Anders Torger?

 

[phofman]

His profile is publicly searchable. My linked-in profile has almost no personal data, I use it exactly for this purpose of communicating with other people. Should make no harm to you, if you need it.

 

[3ll3d00d]

source code is freely available, e.g. Debian Multimedia Team / brutefir * GitLab so anyone can build it/continue development

 

[Ultima Thule]

Backup of the BruteFIR web page.

BruteFIR

In addition, attached is the web page saved into a single HTML file, just change filename extension from .txt to .html and open it up in your web browser.

 

[ernperkins]

You can also access the original site using the wayback machine. Here's a link:

BruteFIR

 

[Daihedz]

Great news: Brutefir is alive.

... Sorry for the incovenience. My web and mail operator "Ludd" is a student project so the uptime is not top notch, and they have had sort of a record downtime in June/July, but now it works again!

So the Brutefir sources are again and as usual available at BruteFIR