Here's what I don't understand...

Now, I’m no whiz with Linux. I _can_ navigate my way around a typical Linux system, using my OS X chops (ironic, that) but quite frankly I find it to be rather tedious.

But that’s neither here nor there. Here’s what I’m curious about: Ardour, much beloved in the Linux audio circle and the recipient (from my lofty vantage point at least) of a more-or-less unending stream of kudos, is roughly equivalent in both operation and appearance to ProTools 2. Even with the MIDI, natch. Whereas EnergyXT is a far more advanced creature, both better looking and much more feature-laden, and assuming the Linux version and the Windows version are more or less the same, eminently usable. Why is it that I didn’t know EnergyXT was available for Linux until I went to download the damned thing last week?

This is what I don’t get about the Linux community. I mean, I’m not trying to be an asshole here, but if a DAW came out in 2007 for PC or Mac with Ardour’s capabilities (or rather, the utter lack thereof) it wouldn’t even make it out of the starting gate. I don’t mean to offend, but what the fuck is it with you people? Is the fact that something is _FREE_ so important? I hate to say it, but I believe that to be the case. Ardour is free (as in b33r) while EnergyXT costs a whopping $75.