you download them, install them, they crash. 'nuf said.

which ones did you have trouble with?

I tried a demo of Ardour for mac and it just crashed when I turned it on, but I've also tried a lot of other software before (I can't remember which because it's been a few years) with exactly the same result 90% of the time.

That's weird man.. companies don't usually release demos that don't work.. bad for business yknow..

never had that issue myself