Hi,
I’m sorry I just can’t resist. I’ve stumbled upon a brand new feature of Cubase 6 (release early this year): Group editing. I totally respect Cubase and it’s in multiple ways better than Ardour I have to admit. But they really advertise group editing as a new feature 
So tell your friends (and try it out yourself if you haven’t already) that Ardour does this extremely well for ages now - yes, cut and drag 10 Drum regions only once and not 10 times for the desired result
Benjamin