> I also use Gentoo with the devel 2.6.12 kernel unpatched. I'm really surprised how many Gentoo users there are. I used SuSE and Mandrake before. The commercial distros all have the same disadvantage: Releases. A Gentoo (or even a Debian based) box can easily kept up-to-date, and that's an important thing especially when using audio applications. New versions appear too frequently. Best regards ce