I'm curious at how much performance difference Linux still can bring to the table in direct comparison to windows 7/8 with a decent sound card.
If it's not more than 30%. I can't see it being worth the massive undertaking as modern PCs with decent soundcards (internal PCI cards at least) can already do 32 samples and boot in 8 seconds and have more power than most people could use. As for stability, no issues here with running my system in the field.
I'm not saying I wouldn't be interested myself. Just it would need to have massive benefits and not just "semi-political" ones