[LAU] Going from window to linux

Hi everyone, I have recently been thinking about going to linux on my DAW. I currently use fruity loops and run a winxp pro sp2, with a bunch of VST. There have been a couple of issues which made me try to seek another O/S for my audio. Number one is that I like to run a lot of VST, and I also like to have my project from sequencing to pre mastering all in one project. This, of course means a lot of CPU since i try to do as much as possible without rendering it to .wav and back, since this takes time, especially for little changes when mixing. Another issue is the windows 2gig ram application limit. I hit this a couple of times and was left in a dead end as to what to do. Vista is probably out of the option right now since I hate how much garbage is in there and how much cpu it needs just to run. So I am thinking to switching to linux, but would like to ask a couple of question. If someone can spare a couple of minutes and pass your opinion on these subjects/questions, i would appreciate it very much. 1) How is VST adaptors for linux? I was reading there a couple of them. Has anyone had trouble with them? 2) I assume linux is a lot better with RAM than windows, and was curious if there are any people who are on this list that actually switched over and could tell me if they really could "do" a lot more in linux with the same hardware specs than in windows. Does linux have some sort of application RAM limit? 3) What is everyone's favority sequencer for linux? I know there are a couple of them. Which one is your favorite? 4) I have never used linux before. Would it be better for me to install linux first and after im comfortable try audio on it? 5) I assume there are DirectX adaptor also. Correct? 6) Audio drivers? I currently own the t.c. electronic konnekt8 audio interface and going from whats on the website they dont have linux drivers? Could i use AISO4ALL? I used those drivers on windows with no problems before, anyone have any problems with them on linux? I guess this is all for now. There are many more questions which i have, but i will do the research for those. If someone can also point em to some good resources on the web on linux audio i would def appreciate it. Thanks Mike