[LAU] What's some good hardware for recording??

Hello :-) I'm looking for a hardware interface for recording purposes... At the moment I have a basic sound card that I either plug my guitar into and run it into ardour which creates a single track or I have a mic that sits in the middle of everyone jamming but I'd like to get a m-audio delta 44 or similar so I can have more than one input stream for multi track recording?? I've heard of a delta 1010LT which has 2 preamped microphone inputs which is good..... So what else is out there that's in this vein??? Other brands that are just as compatible in linux?? I like the breakout box type connection interface....