Russell Hanaghan <hanaghan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > 1. What are your top 10 critical "must have" audio apps? jackd qjackctl (for the "Connect" window) JACK Rack Ardour fluidsynth Aeolus Hexter Audacity (or mhwaveedit) Meterbridge FLAC But I'd be willing to trade a couple of those for a decent set of soundfonts to use with fluidsynth -- I'd like at least a decent grand piano and Rhodes. Similarly, having all the LADSPA plugins you can find is useful. > 2. What are your top 5 utility apps? Assuming you mean other tools that I couldn't live without for music-making: Python xterm or rxvt-unicode (i.e. a decent terminal emulator) ssh VIM Firefox > 3. Considering a mid powered box, (say 1800mhz, 1 gig ram, etc) what > is your favorite WM or desktop? XFCE4. > 4. How many people *don't* have at least a DVD read only drive that > you can boot from? Me. I don't support DRM-encumbered formats. -- Adam Sampson <ats@xxxxxxxxx> <http://offog.org/>