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.
kyle, Linux is hackable to the maximum >> it is mostly opensourced, some distros a 100%. It's getting quite usable in more platforms than you may know. And sometimes free of any charge.
No one here has said about Linux any of the things you have pointed out so histerically. People here use Linux, Windows, DOS, BSDs, BeOS, Amiga, MacOS, OSX, ...any OS. So clear your ideas, read the topic and ***most*** important: cool yourself a bit.