Re: [LAU] So what do you think sucks about Linux audio ?

It is not a technical point about only using free software ... it is a very real copyright issue. VST is owned by Steinberg so unless you are willing to ignore/reject Copyright and IP laws (which would be really problematic regarding your other points about encouraging commercial software on Linux) then you are very limited in how VST can be distributed in Linux. To change that you must convince Steinberg to change the license they offer. A freely distributed program obviously cannot pay Steinberg for every downloaded copy .. so no license .. so the potential user must compile their own version of VST support. See Dave Philips article ... http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000192