Introducing L2Ork, World's First Linux Laptop Orchestra

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?"

Glad Linux Is Catching Up

[royallthefourth]

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.

My laptop orchestra

[Anonymous Coward]

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...

Re:A Bit of a letdown, really...

[schon]

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

Funny, I was expecting Pam Dawber and Robin Williams.

Re:When I tried

[Anonymous Coward]

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

Because latency is reduced by interrupting other tasks in the mid

Re:I've read the article and gone to the site, but

[skine]

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

Re:Glad Linux Is Catching Up

[Pete Venkman]

When is there going to be a BSD port?

I've got a laptop orchestra

[Anonymous Coward]

I have a laptop orchestra. Any floutists wanna play?