Hey Dave,<br><br>let me give you my opinion.<br><br>Too many distros - don&#39;t see it as a problem<br>
Too many audio-optimized distros - don&#39;t see it as a problem<br>
Not enough native plugins, esp. instruments. - agree, big problem, would not speak of instruments only, effects as well<br>
Inconsistent support for VST/VSTi plugins. - don&#39;t see it as a problem if we go for our own standard<br>
Too many unstable/unfinished applications. - agree<br>
Too many  &quot;standards&quot; (esp. wrt plugins). - agree<br>
Poor external/internal session management. - agree<br>
Poor support for certain modes of composition (think Ableton Live). - agree<br>
Lack of support for contemporary hardware. - probably, although I have no data as to how big the problem is<br>
Confusion re: desktops, and GUI toolkits. - i am confused as to why that would be a problem with linux audio<br>
Too difficult to set up audio system. - don&#39;t agree<br>
JACK is a pain. - don&#39;t agree<br>
Too much conflict/fragmentation within the development community. - don&#39;t see it as a problem<br>
<br clear="all">I would have to comment more on the latter. I don&#39;t think it is bad or unavoidable to have fragmentation and conflict. This is natural for most human interaction. The problem, in my view, is that there are so few developers (compared to, say, Windows Audio). And because there are so few devs, fragmentation becomes a problem, since each developer is then just a one man project with a small audience.<br>
<br>Cheers!<br><br><br><br>-- <br>Louigi Verona<br><a href="http://www.louigiverona.ru/">http://www.louigiverona.ru/</a>