I use my home system for music production, so I'm interested in ALSA, JACK, Ardour, Jamin, LADSPA apps, etc. GNU/Linux audio and sound is not getting the attention it should, is still difficult for newbies to get working, and otherwise not up to speed vis-a-vis most major functions of the OS. But it's getting there.

"So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe." --from Nightfall by Asimov/Silverberg