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Hi Patrick,
> I thought it might be

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> nice for those interested to get a status update from a few of the

> more active companies. 

I've been very busy with the 64 Studio project, and we've put out a

couple of alpha releases already. We're planning to release a stable

version next year. http://64studio.com/
> Some of you may remember that I started a company called Boost

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> Hardware which was attempting to provide portable Linux Audio

> Machines.

There's certainly room for improvement over the ubiquitous Apple

laptops that gigging musicians use. I saw Soulwax playing 'live'

recently, and they had an audible buffer under-run when switching

between songs. Plus the fact that laptops aren't really pro-grade

hardware in terms of reliability or repairability - they're more like

consumer electronics.
Have you seen the Rackable half-depth servers?
http://www.rackable.com/products/c1000.htm
They take dual Opterons and they look like the right size to fit in a

musician's rack. Now if there was a similar machine which was

pre-installed with 64 Studio, that would be a kick-ass system... :-) 
Cheers!
Daniel