> What bothers me is this: I'm not allowed to put this firmware on a > website in an unpacked, extracted format so Linux users could > download and install it more easily than having to go through the > Wine and usb-fw-extract procedure every time. I own the Oxygen and it > would be much easier to set up by having the firmware available in a > Linux friendly format. But no, it's not available, no one except > M-Audio is allowed to make it available and that is why I would > recommend to rather buy the Evolution or so (which is also by M-Audio > btw. I'd also recommend to avoid such stuff which needs firmware loading. Even if you're on the Windows side, go to a friend and for some reason you haven't got the "driver" handy, buh. Buy one which will work as an USB-MIDI-Device out of the box and plug it in on any machine you like. Best regards ce