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Korg's New Keyboard Powered by Linux

jgwong writes "Korg's newest keyboard, called OASYS, will run Linux with a propietary software developed by themselves. With a 10.4" touchscreen, CD burner and 16-track HD audio recording this looks pretty neat. No information about availability or price, though."

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  1. Having checked out the promotional video... by PornMaster · · Score: 4, Informative

    It looks like the UI on the touch screen could use some work. It looks too much like a typical computer GUI, and ripe for fat-fingering and just simply not being intuitively instrument-like.

    They tout the power of it being based upon a computer, but I think it'll be a few more generations of this before it really makes an impact.

  2. Re:GPL keyboard ? by SuburbaniteFury · · Score: 4, Informative

    Ahem.

    "In addition, mere aggregation of another work not based on the Program with the Program (or with a work based on the Program) on a volume of a storage or distribution medium does not bring the other work under the scope of this License."

    From the GPL, version2.