Well... Do you guys accept the two cents from a novice user? In fact I think I am not exactly a complete novice, but I am not a developer and, although I have a lot of ideas and suggestions, I just don´t have the skill and the time for getting my hands dirty of code. This said, I would point some things I think could be better: 1) Realtime - Man, having to recompile the kernel for having realtime support is not a trivial task for the average computer user. I hope that new distros will have this module enabled by default, or at least available. 2) JACK is wonderful and I hope it keeps in evolution. I wish it can be less machine-hungry (with fewer xruns) and that the JACK transport feature support tempo changes someday soon. 3) I had a LOT of problems until I could record audio in my Audigy 2ZS card, and I think it was a problem with the Linux mixers. None of them had proper support for the EMU10K1 ALSA driver, until I could get the guts with Alsamixer. And, in fact, I still have not found a really good way for controlling sound output for all of my 5.1 speakers. I think it´s not fair to blame the Linux developers for that. But, indeed, big hardware companies, like Creative Labs, which still insist in giving only Windoze support for their products. Just look at their open-source webpage and you will know how much they collaborate with the open-source community. 4) There are already a good number of interesting music apps for GNU-Linux, like Ardour, Rosegarden and Hydrogen; but they surely have some steps to walk yet. I wish I can help their development in some way. Regards, Fabricio Rocha Brasilia, Brasil _______________________________________________________ Yahoo! Acesso Grátis - Internet rápida e grátis. Instale o discador agora! http://br.acesso.yahoo.com/