DesktopLinux.com: Linux in the Professional Recording Studio

“I’ll try not to make this an epistle or an over enthusiastic
endorsement. In summation, I’ve done the research and deployed
Linux on three systems in a professional recording studio
environment–and my employers and staff could not be happier.

“To begin, this operation is an audio production facility housed
inside a medium market radio station, the flagship of a
seven-station group. This is a very conservative company, and it
took a lot of arm-twisting to get them to allow this shift away
from the familiar comfort zone of Windows.

“My reasoning for the switch was two-fold; First was a growing
frustration with Win 98. At our last system audit, we determined
that fully 20% of our productive time was spent either re-creating
material lost in a crash, chasing lost e-mails, updating security
software, or waiting for the Windows Certified Engineer to repair a
down system…”

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