Linux as A Musician's OS?

lazyeye writes "Keyboard Magazine has an in-depth article about the state of music production on Linux. While it does introduce Linux to the average musician, the article does get into some of the available music applications and music-oriented Linux distributions out there. From the opening paragraph 'You might think there's no way a free operating system written by volunteers could compete when it comes to music production. But in the past couple of years, all the tools you need to make music have arrived on Linux.'"

Preference...

[dsginter]

As a musician, I prefer Windows Vista Musician 64-bit System Builder Edition.

Well ...

[Anonymous Coward]

this is music to my ears!

Two Notes

[Roger W Moore]

It can at least play C and C#.

Re:My bro tried this

[mauriatm]

"the problem he ran into was the lack of inexpensive hardware that worked on Linux."

Out of curiosity, does that imply that there is expensive hardware that does work with linux?

Re:Preference...

[rob1980]

You are attempting to add a 28 minute drum solo to this song. Cancel or allow?

Re:Two Notes

[Anonymous Coward]

There is a catch though, C# only plays in mono on linux...

Re:Preference...

[Bob_Sheep]

Your 28 minute drum solo may infringe on Led Zeppelin copyright, do you want me to contact your lawyer?

Re:What would JACK do?

[filesiteguy]

You actually don't need JACK running to use Rosegarden at all

I guess I don't know JACK.

In my systems - all running SUSE 10.1 or 10.2 - the JACK server is required. I'll try one of the pre-setup systems.

Re:Preference...

[Bromskloss]

Your 28 minute drum solo may infringe on Led Zeppelin copyright, do you want me to contact your lawyer?

Cause I have already contacted theirs, of course.

Re:Preference...

[Chainsaw]

Last year while on a gig, we managed to lock in the keys to our car. After three hours, the singers girlfriend showed up with the spare key, so we could get the drummer out.