Browsing Freshmeat tonight, the premier online Linux software repository, I came across to these two great (and brand new) applications,
ReBorn and
ReZound. Reborn, a Rebirth clone that will soon become open source according to the developer, provides a software emulation of three of Roland's most famous electronic musical instruments. It got me thinking as to how much more viable Linux is today as a professional (or semi-professional) audio platform than it used to be two years ago.
Update: On a related multimedia notice,
WinAMP 3.0 for Windows was released yesterday.
Not sure what is the deal with Linux and Maya these days. They do not seem to be proactive anymore about it.
Don't jump to conclusions that fast. Maya is definitely getting bigger on Linux. Just check out the Maya 4.5 Preview page:
http://www.aliaswavefront.com/en/products/maya/whatsnew/v4.5/index....
Of course you should not expect any mention of this on Freshmeat ;-)
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