Via del.icio.us I came across a guide on installing: JACK, Ardour & Hydrogen on a mac. I was not quite sure what each of the applications were but quickly found out at their respective websites; Jack Audio Connection kit, Hydrogen a Drum Machine and Ardour Digital Audio Workstation.
Jack basically lets you connect the programs Hydrogen and Ardour together.
The above guide seems slightly aged, so do checkout the individual application websites before trusting the guide blindly. (It seems like you can possibly download pre-compiled binaries.)

Above picture from Hydrogen (Source: LinuxAudio guide)

Above picture from Ardour (looks slightly similar to ProTools interface. Source: LinuxAudio guide)

These applications probably don’t compete aggressively with applications like ProTools, SoundTrack or other fast track professional apps. However when you take into account money, Jack Ardour and Hydrogen appear to be worthy candidates. For an online web application alternative there is JamGlue.

While first beginning to read this guide over at LifeHack.org I was hoping this could help me towards my stationary free environment. But you have to install VMWare not necessarily a bad thing, but it is not something I want to be the first thing I do when I hit a new stationary computer.

Though looking at the article it does present a pleasant introduction how to have Linux up and running rather rapidly. Especially compared to the tedious hours I used to take on my first installs, when I messed up some setting with the Master Boot Record of one partition or the other.

After reading some of the comments at the bottom of the page, I can’t see this as anything permanent for people wanting to get into Linux. But if your looking for a way to run Linux in your windows only office environment this could work.

Neo1973 is not some online handle for a 34 year old Matrix wannabe. It is actually the name of a rather sophisticated mobile phone. OpenMoko’s FIC Neo1073, is a Smartphone, with a nice GUI, which also will allow programming savvy users to tweak the code. Currently there is still somewhat scarce information.

However some screenshots are available from their Press Release in November 2006 (Yes I know I am late. For detailed info check out this PDF)But after some of the negative hype around Apple’s iPhone being locked, this phone comes as a refreshing breeze.

Via Digg I stumbled upon this rather interesting test. It’s called Linux Distribution Chooser and is put together by the guys at Zegenie Studios. It is a nice and simple way to receive some suggestions on which Linux distribution to choose. Personally I have been more pro BSD, but I guess the suggestion of Fedora would match up with my experiences with my first Red Hat install back in the mid nineties.

When Mac implemented BSD technology in OS X, I switched back to using Mac systems primarily again. And as long as I can play in the command line in Mac OS X, I am willing to pay for the operating system.