This seems ill advised. Why is this a thing? What does this do that other distros don’t?

Mostly for compatibility and ease of use. I don’t wanna fiddle with things if I don’t have to. Wanted it to be stable. Ive also been thinking about switching to mint on my main machine so this is also kind of a test run. I tried mint years ago but it didn’t work well for me back then.

Ive actually been using Linux for a few years now, but I needed a laptop so figured this would be a good choice. But I am enjoying Linux very much!

Your service is appreciated Georgie! 🫡

First ive heard that, any idea why?

Ikr? As much as its good to know this shit, I really hate being informed sometimes.

This has inspired me to draw my own cat. Imma do that

Thank you for giving them a life where they could live as long as they did. Wishing you the best.

Bottles.

Without it, I wouldn’t be able to run addictive keys on Linux. I paid for the software back when I used Windows and since I’m able to use addictive keys on Linux, haven’t bothered trying to find an alternative.

That said, its the only use case I’ve had with bottles that just works. Other programs ive tried are more hit or miss.

Ive had issues with this as well. Still have had no joy.

What DVD drive are you using? Ive read the hardware is also important, but I’m no expert.

According to an LTT video that broke down thier revenue about 11 months ago, 45% of your premium sub is divided among creators that you watch.

Not sure how thats calculated, but it seems to be a pretty sizable chunk according to LTT.

Skip to around 4:50 in the video

https://youtu.be/GeCP-0nuziE

Nothing wrong with that. I pay for YouTube premium. Tbh I got fed up with all the hoops on mobile so I just started paying for it and honestly, its been a good fit for me.

I watch a ton of YouTube content so paying for it to support creators and not having ads is fine with me.

I would also take a headphone jack if we could swing that.

I think you should first figure out why you aren’t sticking with Linux and go from there.

I just use kubuntu at this point. It works as well as works and feels how I want it to. I don’t need anything super fancy or customizable. Kubuntu hits that sweet spot for me.

Wow a great bill to stop people from making weapons. Y’all gonna ban pipes and steel ball bearings next?

The fuck is our country coming to man.

I feel that man. Right now I load balance between tmobile and starlink cause the towers near me suck. I work from home so having consistent internet is really important and in my area, the fiber build out is really slow and expensive. Luckily I’m moving here soon but its been a pain in the ass to say the least.

Starlink is great for what it is. Very important tech but yea, I’m sure most everyone would be happier with fiber.

I say this as someone who actively pays for starlink out of necessity.

Fuck you, no. Fiber is much better for everyone. Eat shit muskrat.

I don’t have many Linux friendly plugins that i can share unfortunately. When I tried running reaper on Linux, most things I tried either didn’t run at all or crashed.

Best I had working was decent sampler. And even that didn’t work great for me:

https://www.decentsamples.com/product/decent-sampler-plugin/

Really cool project though, and lots of fun instruments to try on pianobook.

Tldr, I recommend sticking with Windows or using two separate machines, one for music production running Windows, the other for running everything else with Linux.

Music production isnt great on Linux in my experience at least right now. If you use any paid plugins that are windows only, there’s a good chance they won’t run. I haven’t used ableton or cakewalk but I use reaper which has a native Linux version, and even that had a lot of issues. Anything with ilok is a no go, even plugins that dont, I had a hard time getting working or if they did work, they crashed A LOT.

Gaming and other general use has been fine for me, ive even done video and photo editing on Linux and been happy with it.

If you want the easiest experience, I typically recommend Fedora KDE spin or kubuntu. KDE is a desktop environment that is very similar to windows and highly customizable. You’d likely feel at home on it. Immutable distro might also be a good option if you really want the “IDC just do the update” path. Harder to break, easier to manage from what ive heard but I haven’t used them personally so maybe others that have can chime in.

I made a windows only box for music production and use Linux on my main PC. It runs windows 10 and is rarely connected to the internet except when I need it to be. If you wanna run Linux and make music, it can be done, but I had a terrible time with it and have given up for now.

So make a separate machine for music production and run Linux on your main pc or just run Windows is my advice. So far, this has been the best setup for me. I don’t worry about my privacy, I can make music when I want, and I don’t have to worry about incompatible plugins, crashes, stupid nonsense that gets in my way when i wanna make music.

Thats rad, thanks for the info. I may follow suit, been trying to degoogle myself lately.