LinuxMusicians

After reading through this topic I almost became resigned to stick with apple. Then I read this article. http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/08/linux-music-workflow-switching-from-mac-os-x-to-ubuntu-with-kim-cascone/ The cost of using a stand alone digital recorder has to be compared against the cost...

I came across this article.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=a ... eme3&num=1

Not as worried now. Used to be you had to be careful not to get hardware that was too new as it might not be supported yet under Linux. But I guess things have changed for the better now.

Free online course from Stanford looks good. Uses Python programming on Ubuntu. Everything is open source.
https://www.coursera.org/course/audio

I bought some gear at a music store years ago but ended up using WindowsXP with Finale and integrated Garritan Personal Orchestra sample library. I am getting back into it again. The M-audio 4 input card I bought is from 2003 and doesn't include the separate box that comes with them now. I am trying...