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Introducing L2Ork, World's First Linux Laptop Orchestra

Posted by timothy on from the might-prefer-all-cellos dept.

Agram writes "Take a netbook, Wiimotes, Nunchuks, and hemispherical speakers (which were once IKEA salad bowls), toss it up with some Ubuntu goodness and what you get is Virginia Tech's L2Ork, the world's first Linux-based laptop orchestra. With its affordable design and support from the Linux community, L2Ork hopes to bring laptop orchestras to K-12 education and beyond. So, regardless whether you wish to hear how L2Ork might sound or to learn how to build your own Linux-based *Ork infrastructure, perhaps this is a good opportunity to reopen the age-old debate: is Linux finally ready for some serious audio work?"

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  1. Glad Linux Is Catching Up by royallthefourth · · Score: 5, Funny

    Windows has had a stranglehold on laptop orchestras for such a long time that it's really good to be reading about the world's first Linux Laptop Orchestra.

    1. Re:Glad Linux Is Catching Up by Pete+Venkman · · Score: 2, Funny

      When is there going to be a BSD port?

  2. My laptop orchestra by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I have a laptop orchestra that I play regularly too, but I sure as heck wouldn't do so in front of a K-12 classroom...

  3. Re:A Bit of a letdown, really... by schon · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was expecting some sort of cool Linux Zork tie-in.

    Funny, I was expecting Pam Dawber and Robin Williams.

  4. Re:When I tried by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Why would you want, by default, a high latency kernel?

    Because latency is reduced by interrupting other tasks in the mid

  5. Re:I've read the article and gone to the site, but by skine · · Score: 2, Funny

    So I'm guessing the next goal is to bring it up to three chord changes per minute.

  6. I've got a laptop orchestra by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I have a laptop orchestra. Any floutists wanna play?