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Switching OS incurs costs. The benefits must outweigh the costs. I'm a great fan of the principles and philosophies of Linux, but if I'm to use it as my daily d

Switching OS incurs costs. The benefits must outweigh the costs. I'm a great fan of the principles and philosophies of Linux, but if I'm to use it as my daily driver, it has to be above all else a practical solution. There's so much weird shit involved with Linux that the costs outweigh the benefits. Weird shit like, Linux refusing to let me copy files on an external hard drive because "I'm not the owner" of those files. What the hell? I've owned these files for 20 fucking years. Linux telling me I don't have permission to access my own files. GTFO. Another big issue is lack of software. The alternatives just don't measure up. Graphics and audio editors are garbage. Gimp ain't Photoshop. A similar issue used to be games, but Valve's been fixing that very rapidly. And then there's the analysis paralysis of too much choice. What distro do I go for? There are over 500 distros actively maintained. You'd need to study this for years to choose well. I ain't got years to switch, I need to work now.

cybwraith 5y ago
Linux or not, I highly suggest trying Krita instead of GIMP
hammyhavoc 5y ago
Reaper might be the best DAW ("audio editor" in your own words), period. Been used for all sorts, including a Call of Duty score. You don't need to study distros for years. Linux is Linux. Manjaro, Mint, Pop, Ubuntu, pick one, and get on with your work.
- hypertele-Xii 5y ago
  > Reaper might be the best DAW Does not support SoundFonts, unusable for me. A web search brings up a few plugins that might add SoundFont support, but none of them mention Linux, only Windows and Mac.
  - hammyhavoc 5y ago
    Use carla-rack, or even better, Renoise Redux. It is Renoise's sampler as a plugin. Works great in Reaper.
- curtisblaine 5y ago
  It's not the DAW, it's the plugins (VSTs etc). How many of them work seamlessly on Linux? How easily can you speak to the vendor if there's an issue, without the vendor telling you "sorry, it's not tested on Linux"? What about plugins loading industry-standard libraries (like Kontakt), where the surface of what can go wrong is multiplied threefold?

cybwraith 5y ago

Linux or not, I highly suggest trying Krita instead of GIMP

hammyhavoc 5y ago

Reaper might be the best DAW ("audio editor" in your own words), period. Been used for all sorts, including a Call of Duty score. You don't need to study distros for years. Linux is Linux. Manjaro, Mint, Pop, Ubuntu, pick one, and get on with your work.

hypertele-Xii 5y ago
> Reaper might be the best DAW Does not support SoundFonts, unusable for me. A web search brings up a few plugins that might add SoundFont support, but none of them mention Linux, only Windows and Mac.
- hammyhavoc 5y ago
  Use carla-rack, or even better, Renoise Redux. It is Renoise's sampler as a plugin. Works great in Reaper.
curtisblaine 5y ago
It's not the DAW, it's the plugins (VSTs etc). How many of them work seamlessly on Linux? How easily can you speak to the vendor if there's an issue, without the vendor telling you "sorry, it's not tested on Linux"? What about plugins loading industry-standard libraries (like Kontakt), where the surface of what can go wrong is multiplied threefold?