Some words of wisdom from a local electronic musician:
http://www.generalfuzz.net/blog/?p=486
He doesn't use Linux, but his point #2 is one of the nice side-effects of Linux being
off the beaten path: there isn't the distraction of entirely new synths and plugins
coming out every day. So it's easier to focus on the tools that are already there.
Of course, there's another problem replacing it: the potential distraction of
endlessly tweaking the system instead of making music on it.
Speaking of which: many thanks to whomever posted the reminder about adding the --initrd
flag to make-kpkg. I'd forgotten about that, and my upgrade process was stalled
because of that.
-ken