[SwellJoe]

And this thread is actually about the release of Ardour 5.0, which runs on OS X, Linux and Windows.

Yeah, I noticed that, and that's awesome. But, I want to run it on Linux! That's one of the very big selling points of Ardour, for me, and one reason I would pick it over Reaper (on the day when I finally do pick it over Reaper).

I hope I was clear that I'm on your team. I want Ardour to be successful, and I want Linux to be a platform capable of media production. And, when I'm able, Ardour is one of the OSS projects I donate to.

But, maybe I'll try it on Windows sometime. That would certainly solve the VST problems, among several others.