Andrew is asking audio-dev people to test this kernel heavily. Andrew provided instructions on installing and patching the necessary sources. If you want details, or need to know the latest developments, check the linux-kernel mailing list. Take a look at kernelnotes , or for nice weekly summaries, look at Kernel Traffic . Mostly just like any other kernel, but there are some issues to be aware of.
Detailed instructions are here .
Because the projects have somewhat different goals, one of which is much easier to meet than the other. MuCoS remains vaporware. This is being discussed on the mailing list. There are some concerns about whether VST's license for the API allows us to extend it, and about whether VST is technically as good as our vaporware APIs. But there is also a recognition that the ability to port the hundreds of excellent existing VST plugins to Linux would be really really cool.