A Good Linux Distro For Music Production?

[Artie Fichelle]

I tried Linux Mint, but then I switched to Debian 12, but I use the unstable edition.I installed Bitwig, Reaper and Ardour 8.x which I had to compile first, because I want to test it first, and it is free from the source Code. I could install Studio one 6.5, but it needs Wayland, and I am. not sure if I should wait until Wayland is shipping with Debian. Does anyone run Wayland already?
Linux like any other OS needs some learning time, but for Debian we have the free Debian Handbook.
Btw I use the Cinnamon Desktop on Debian. And I installed the Xan mode kernel.
Now I want to use Wine with yabridge to be able to use some Windows VST.
I am not a beginner in Linux, so the Terminal I use most of the time.
If only more Developer were like U-He, their stuff in Linux is working out of the box.

[audiojunkie]

I run Wayland with no problems whatsoever. I use Fedora Workstation. Remember, Wayland comes with XWayland, which means there should be little to no problems using X11 programs on Wayland. Things are good here in Wayland land.

[Artie Fichelle]

Ah, cool! I will try it with wayland. So I can run Studio One also on linux.

[dellboy]

There is a Studio One 6 Linux demo, and after activating it you can choose the free Prime version if you want to.

[THE INTRANCER]

Installed Ubuntu onto an SSD, but can't get it to boot. I believe it's a limitation with my motherboard. https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA ... -rev-10#ov

[BBFG#]

Installed Ubuntu onto an SSD, but can't get it to boot. I believe it's a limitation with my motherboard. https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA ... -rev-10#ov

Tried the same thing, then read somewhere that it was a limitation of Ubuntu. Once I put it on a USB drive, it booted without problem.

[dellboy]

Installed Ubuntu onto an SSD, but can't get it to boot. I believe it's a limitation with my motherboard. https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA ... -rev-10#ov

Does your motherboard detect the SSD in the bios?

[THE INTRANCER]

Installed Ubuntu onto an SSD, but can't get it to boot. I believe it's a limitation with my motherboard. https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA ... -rev-10#ov

Does your motherboard detect the SSD in the bios?

When I only had Ubuntu on the new USB3 stick which is connected to a USB2 port and only the SSD conncted to the primary harddrive connector, I think I saw reference to it in the boot priority menu in the BIOS. (The full name including "Crucial SSD" wasn't identified as such I don't think but something else).

I've never tried to install Windows10 on the SSD, but that is an option to see if booting from an SSD is even possible with my motherboard, or it's something of a limitation with Ubuntu. I can boot Ubuntu from the USB3 stick but only from the USB2 port.

With my main Windows10 drive connected and the SSD which is in a docking station connected to the USB2 port. Startup won't get past the memory check and thus freezes, unless I have Hard Drive selected as an option in the boot sequence so Windows 10 runs again.

I'm going to try something else, and actually try and run the SSD from the primary drive connection but I'm not sure if that will be successful or not.

[dellboy]

I'm going to try something else, and actually try and run the SSD from the primary drive connection but I'm not sure if that will be successful or not.

A search for your motherboard shows Crucial and other SSD drives that work on your board, so maybe its a case of whether your particular SSD will work or not. I guess the only to find out is is to connect it and see what happens. Its probably best to disconnect your Windows drive first. Does your board have USB3 or not? The spec is confusing. If not, a cheap PCIE USB3 adapter might get you going.

[THE INTRANCER]

I'm going to try something else, and actually try and run the SSD from the primary drive connection but I'm not sure if that will be successful or not.

A search for your motherboard shows Crucial and other SSD drives that work on your board, so maybe its a case of whether your particular SSD will work or not. I guess the only to find out is is to connect it and see what happens. Its probably best to disconnect your Windows drive first. Does your board have USB3 or not? The spec is confusing. If not, a cheap PCIE USB3 adapter might get you going.

Well I did some testing:

I successfully booted the 1TB Crucial SSD which has Ubuntu on it whilst connected to the IDE cable and ACHI enabled in the BIOS. Ubuntu loads super fast in comparison to Windows 10 on the 7200RPM drive and firefox loads up instantly, it's like going back to the speed of loading up Workbench from floppies on an Amiga and being up and running. I've not timed it but it must be less than 20 seconds. That's the good news.

The bad news is that there isn't a GRUB menu like there used to be so one can choose between Windows 10 and Linux so one can have two drives connected. With the Ubuntu SSD connected to one IDE cable and the Win10 hard disk connected to the other IDE cable. The SSD takes priority as it's treated like the first hard disk in the chain. Only when removing the cable to the SSD do I have access to Windows 10. This isn't really practical because of wear and tear on the connections.

I've just found a thread related to this exact issue, but I've not read through it yet to know if there is a solution.

https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2488723

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My PC has a USB3 4 Port PCI interface card that I connect to an external USB3 hard drive enclosure, and the dual hard drive docking station. My motherboard supports SATA3 however this mobo was pre-USB3 standardisation.

My thoughts on Ubuntu LTS Weyland are that it's a far cleaner, sleeker, consistant than that of Windows 10 GUI-wise, but I was looking for a dark mode but couldn't find one like I had with Linux Mint. I was going to download VLC but comments show that there are problems with the latest version in it not working. I guess a solution could be to use WINE and run the PC version as I'll be installing WINE anyway. Alternative media players are also an option.

I looked at the sound card configuration options and they are much improved from previous Linux distros I've used with surround sound configuration options.

Will be downloading Studio One 6.5 and seeing what it's like also.

If I can find a solution to the hard disk / SSD Boot issue, that'll be cool to have this set up and working properly.

Also, the SSD isn't called by its name in the BIOS menu but listed as a SCSI drive. (If that's right).

[uOpt]

First of all, you can edit the boot order of harddrives in the BIOS. That is a poor man's boot selector, but it works and doesn't require messing with the hardware.

Second, a simple `update-grub` might add the Windows disk to the grub menu. If not then a manual entry for grub will do. Let us know if you need more help with that.

[THE INTRANCER]

First of all, you can edit the boot order of harddrives in the BIOS. That is a poor man's boot selector, but it works and doesn't require messing with the hardware.

Second, a simple `update-grub` might add the Windows disk to the grub menu. If not then a manual entry for grub will do. Let us know if you need more help with that.

Thanks, I've been on the Ununtu OS for the past few hours, I did figure out the solution in setting up the boot priority of the SSD and hard drive by moving them around. It's what I remember doing years ago when I use to use Windows 7 and had Linux Mint on it for a while before putting Windows 10 on it. So yeah, no messing around but not a very elegant way with having to press 'Del' multiple times to access the BIOS options.

I've managed break Linux Mint before installing things but I'm not afraid to update things.

I'm not actually presented with a Grub menu when Ubuntu runs. I use to have 3 options to choose from when I had Linux Mint installed | Windows 7 | Linux Mint 18 and another option from a list. Everything runs automatically with Ubuntu LTS.

If you know the required lines to inject GRUB option to the boot sequece then that would be useful for those interested in doing this.

[THE INTRANCER]

Linux Studio One 6.5 Demo ( Select all versions ) to expand download options and to reveal the Linux version.

https://my.presonus.com/products/detail/30946178

Installing tutorial.

https://linuxgamecast.com/2023/09/preso ... inux-beta/

[dellboy]

Linux Studio One 6.5 Demo ( Select all versions ) to expand download options and to reveal the Linux version.

https://my.presonus.com/products/detail/30946178

Installing tutorial.

https://linuxgamecast.com/2023/09/preso ... inux-beta/

Is Wayland running by default when Ubuntu is installed to an SSD? When I ran the live CD it started in X11 and it took a workaround to get it up and running.

[uOpt]

I'm not actually presented with a Grub menu when Ubuntu runs. I use to have 3 options to choose from when I had Linux Mint installed | Windows 7 | Linux Mint 18 and another option from a list. Everything runs automatically with Ubuntu LTS.

If you know the required lines to inject GRUB option to the boot sequece then that would be useful for those interested in doing this.

What the hell did the Ubuntus do now? No grub menu? /slap

Do you know whether you use BIOS or uEFI? Either way this helps with getting the menu once:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/16042/h ... -boot-time