> a.) what (linux) distribution do you use? Gentoo. > b.) does the distribution that you use supply a lot of > audio-related packages by default? Yes, and most of them in relatively recent versions. The rest can be installed by user contributed ebuilds or by building them from source. > c.) do you consider the distribution that you use to be > notably adequate for audio production? why? With a custom kernel, yes it is. But Gentoo surely isn't a distro for the beginner. Much settings are done by editing configuration files. There's no YaST or DrakConf. Best regards ce