O'Reilly critique on Linux and audio 4238

You must be a total idiot if you can't make Linux work for basic recording needs.I am using Linux every day to make my recordings mostly because i do not have the money to spend on commercial programs. I am using a Celeron 350 with 256mmemory and with Slackware I am able to get 24 tracks of audio in Ardour before I start to get stuttering of sound. I don't even think this boxen would load Windowsxp and I'm certain I could not run a Protools farm on it. It took me about a month to set up Linux and get everything to work but with help from the alsa mailing list and the agnula project I was able to customize Slackware to run a light kernel and give me excellent performance on my somewhat underpowered hardware. So Linux takes a little time to get going? I fail to see the big deal here because once it's configured it stays that way. I have found that I can use what little money I have to treat my room and purchase decent microfones instead of having to spend it on software. Plus I don't have to worry about serial numbers, dongles and stuff like that because Linux is free. I would suggest that the people who are dissing Linux, try Linux and see for themselves. Give yourself a month or so to get the system up and running and I think you will be impressed at what you can accomplish with Linux and a little internet research. chow4now Oksana

and that statment holds true