Of course you can also always compile from source:
http://ardour.org/building_linux.html
So if the ardour site was hacked then is there not a possibility that the sourcecode has
been compromised too? Is the code signed?
What I am getting at is that if you install ardour using a root account but the version
you are installing is maliciously compromised then your system canbecome pwned.
I doubt this since if I wanted to own a few systems then I would not leave thehack evident
but Linux is very close to some large exploits due to the natureof distributed and weakly
protected code.
Regards, nick.