ProTools vs. Ardour. Why spend the money 800

Yes, because most of the reply to this post concerned Linux, NOT audio on Linux.

No, that server is also a desktop machine which is "busy with my scientific work" Did you bother to read mine?

Yes, and I disputed that.

?? This is precisely what I was commenting on. It does NOT fall apart. And I have no degree in programming.

Plug in and go?

I cannot help people who are incompetent web programmers.

Insert a single disk Linux CD and run rsync to copy the whole of the backup to your new disk.

And?

a) Parbreastion the new disk. b) mount the parbreastion you want to backup (sayhome) c) rsync -av backupcomputer:-backup-homehome .

I suspect that the 5 year old could do a better job than you on Linux.

So do it.

???

I use Linux every single day Runs like a champ.

Yes. So? There are also 200 brands of soft drinks in teh store. You would rather live in the old Soviet Union where they had one (sometimes)?