Update: I've compiled vstserver and the k_vst~ Pd object and (after some hacking) have managed to get VST plugins working under Linux. Things are still a bit flaky (for some reason, vstserver refuses to recognise plugins anywhere but the current directory it's run from), but I've now got the familiar
mda Combo plugin crunching up an Amen Brother break, all in a Pd patch under Linux. Life is good.
Oooh, the Amen break.
Tasty!