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If audio recording is the only thing holding you back, then I'd recommend you get a second PC dedicated for audio recording, running Windows or Mac, and use you

If audio recording is the only thing holding you back, then I'd recommend you get a second PC dedicated for audio recording, running Windows or Mac, and use your main PC for Linux. That way, you'll be happy user and maintain your sanity, instead of complaining of the OS of your choice. Majority of video streamers (ie Twitch streamers) uses 2 system setup, where one PC is used for games and the second PC is dedicated for video recording in order to reduce the load on the gaming PC. Similarly, for screencast, I'd recommend Elgato CamLink or other Linux compatible HDMI capture device, so you can do recording/capturing on the Windows machine, while working on your Linux workstation. As for me, I use all three major OS: Mac, Windows, and Linux (Debian). Each OS have their strength and their weakness, so I try to use the right tool for the job.

nickjj 8y ago
Thanks for the reply. I thought most gamers just streamed through OBS on their main machine, since they are always tinkering with various OBS scenes in real time, etc.. It is audio recording holding me back but it's in the context of recording programming tutorials where I would want to record my desktop inside of a Linux environment as a screencast video. Right now I just do things through WSL but it's not comparable to a native Linux set up, and VMs are even worse (I tried the VM approach for over 5 years and it sucks). Would you mind going over the work flow for using one of those CamLinks? It's the first time I've heard of that before but it seems like it might be an interesting solution -- or at least something to look into as a last resort option. I'm not opposed to building a 2nd machine but how can something like this come together to solve my problem? Let's say I have 2 computers (1 running Windows and 1 running Linux) and I have 2 monitors, and in non-recording mode I would want to leverage both monitors in Linux. Would I need a third monitor to make this work? What does the set up look like?

nickjj 8y ago

Thanks for the reply. I thought most gamers just streamed through OBS on their main machine, since they are always tinkering with various OBS scenes in real time, etc.. It is audio recording holding me back but it's in the context of recording programming tutorials where I would want to record my desktop inside of a Linux environment as a screencast video. Right now I just do things through WSL but it's not comparable to a native Linux set up, and VMs are even worse (I tried the VM approach for over 5 years and it sucks). Would you mind going over the work flow for using one of those CamLinks? It's the first time I've heard of that before but it seems like it might be an interesting solution -- or at least something to look into as a last resort option. I'm not opposed to building a 2nd machine but how can something like this come together to solve my problem? Let's say I have 2 computers (1 running Windows and 1 running Linux) and I have 2 monitors, and in non-recording mode I would want to leverage both monitors in Linux. Would I need a third monitor to make this work? What does the set up look like?