I got hold of an old Focusrite Scarlett device, and put it to work on Linux. With a couple of caveats, it works really well. All plug&play! 🚀
Then I spent way too long writing about it. Perhaps one day it will be useful to some confused soul out there? https://blog.pablobm.com/2024/08/19/focusrite-scarlett-gen1-debian/