faq: update dependencies section

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@@ -17,34 +17,48 @@ of the other dependencies are optional.
 So, in closing, let's rephrase the question to “Why are you giving me so
 many choices and such a rich environment ?”
 
-## Is GStreamer X independent ?
+## Is GStreamer X11 independent? Can it be used headless?
 
-Yes, we have no hard X dependency in any of our modules. There
-are many GStreamer applications that run fine without any need for X,
+Yes, we have no hard dependency on X11 or any other windowing system in
+any of our modules. There are many GStreamer applications that run fine
+without any need for display servers or windowing systems,
 for example streaming servers, transcoding applications, or audio
 applications that don't output any video. Other applications output
 video to a framebuffer, custom-made hardware sinks, or via wayland.
 
-## What is GStreamer's position on efforts such as LADSPA ?
+## What is GStreamer's position on efforts such as LADSPA or LV2?
 
-GStreamer actively supports such efforts, and in the case of
-[LADSPA](http://www.ladspa.org/), we already have a wrapper plugin. This
-wrapper plug-in detects the LADSPA plugins present on your system at run
-time.
+GStreamer actively supports such efforts, and in the case of [LADSPA][ladspa]
+or [LV2][lv2] we already have wrapper plugins. These wrapper plug-ins detect
+the LADSPA/LV2 plugins present on your system at run time and make them
+available as GStreamer elements.
+
+[ladspa]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LADSPA
+[lv2]: http://lv2plug.in/
 
 ## Does GStreamer support MIDI ?
 
-Not yet. The GStreamer architecture should be able to support the
-needs of MIDI applications very well however. If you are a developer
-interested in adding MIDI support to GStreamer we are very interested in
-getting in touch with you.
+There is some rudimentary MIDI support in GStreamer, but it's not complete yet.
+
+The GStreamer architecture should be able to support the needs of MIDI
+applications very well, a full implementation is still missing, however.
+If you are a developer interested in adding MIDI support to GStreamer please
+get in touch, we would definitely be interested in that.
+
+As for what exists today: the [`alsamidisrc`][alsamidisrc] element can be used
+to fetch ALSA MIDI sequencer events and makes them available to elements that
+understand the `audio/x-midi-events` format.
+
+MIDI playback is provided by plugins such as `midiparse`, `fluiddec`,
+`wildmidi` and `timidity`.
 
-MIDI playback is provided by plugins such as wildmidi and timidity.
+[alsamidisrc]: https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gst-plugins-base-plugins/html/gst-plugins-base-plugins-alsamidisrc.html
 
 ## Does GStreamer depend on GNOME or GTK+ ?
 
-No. But many of the applications developed for GStreamer do,
-including some of our sample applications. Other applications use the Qt
-toolkit, or are written for Mac OS/X or Windows. We aim to provide API
-that is toolkit agnostic and can be used from any toolkit, desktop
-environment or operating system.
+No, it's just that many of the applications developed for GStreamer happen to
+be GNOME or GTK+ applications, including some of our sample applications. There
+are just as many applications that use the Qt toolkit or that are written for
+Mac OS/X, Windows, Android or iOS. We aim to provide an API that is toolkit
+agnostic, so that GStreamer can be used from any toolkit, desktop environment
+or operating system.