jford, I have used Ardour on Linux off & on for years, and the newest version under windows, and feel that the Linux version is more stable.

Harrison's Mixbus is based on Ardour, so I feel that Ardour might be around for awhile more. But most developers ARE asking for $$$ in all areas of the Free Software world, be it Linux, BSD, Mac, or Windows because it DOES take time & effort to code this stuff.

Ardour is laid out like ProTools, so if you are comfortable in that environment you will like Ardour.

I support a few folks, but very few....the biggest is the Xfce Desktop Environment.


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