Back on Thursday 08 January 2009, mazarick(a)bellsouth.net was like:
I am in process of building a linux DAW system.
This is not building a DAW. This is an exercise in masochism.
Seriously. Save yourself a lot a headache, not to mention time that could be
spent recording, and get yourself a decent pair of near field monitors.
If you really must torture yourself, you might find these tools useful:
http://gaydenko.com/qloud/
http://drc-fir.sourceforge.net/
-Reuben