The linux DAW thread

[mjolnir]

I'm using Gnome.

I shied away from Gnome years ago because I needed a "lightweight" (on RAM) system, but I think maybe there was too much hype about the alleged differences. I like some of the Gnome apps a lot. I regularly install stuff like Gnome-Disk-Utililty (much better than gparted in some ways).

I like both MATE's and GNOME's desktop appearance.

[uOpt]

I never heard of fvwm, I'll look into that.

It isn't a full desktop, it is just a window manager. Which is what I prefer when they let me.

[audiojunkie]

I'm using Gnome.

I shied away from Gnome years ago because I needed a "lightweight" (on RAM) system, but I think maybe there was too much hype about the alleged differences. I like some of the Gnome apps a lot. I regularly install stuff like Gnome-Disk-Utililty (much better than gparted in some ways).

I like both MATE's and GNOME's desktop appearance.

I've tried them all. They all have their pros and cons. I started using Gnome when I bought my 2-in-1 laptop a few years ago. I use my laptop also as a tablet, and at the time, Gnome was ahead of everyone else when it came to touchscreen control. I've heard that KDE has now caught up, and with the Touchegg app, most desktop environments can handle touch pretty well. I mainly stick with Gnome now because I have no compelling need to use anything different. I don't think the reputation of being a resource hog applies as much anymore these days.

[mjolnir]

i j ust recently installed most of the MATE stuff onto my XFCE Manjaro, as an alternative "session".
I didn't initially realise how MATE is similar to GNOME. But I like MATE's clean menu organization and some of the window customizations.
But after it's all said and done, my XFCE configuration looks pretty similar to MATE and I already had been using Caja within XFCE when I felt like it, alongside Thunar.

One thing that really suprised me at first was how the XFCE Window Manager themes don't come turned on by default in XFCE Manjaro.
You have to download xfwm4-themes separately. But after that, you get a LOT more Window themes to work with, and some of them are really pretty.
It helps for breaking XFCE out of looking too old or too new.

I also thought about switching to i3wm, but I already have all my main programs mapped to hotkeys via keyboard --> application shortcuts.
I deleted all the hotkeys that I don't like, and made my own. Since my computer has a "Windows" key, I use that alot, kind of like the apple command key. So like, I press Window-R for Reaper, Window-L for LMMS, Window-T for xfce4-terminal, Ctrl-Esc for the application killer, Ctrl-~ to take a screenshot, etcetera. I'm even using application keyboard shortcuts to run the Windows WINE programs. (Window-B to launch AnalogX TapTempo, for example.

All those hotkey shortcuts really speeds up getting to the programs. And then I have some kind of window snapping turned on instead of window tiling. And I already use more than one desktop workspace, so the switch to i3 seemed unneeded.

Overall though, I'm really liking Manjaro and I don't even use the AUR. I've never had any mess-ups from system upgrades and I don't have to worry about wierd PPA conflicts like on the other Linuxes I used to use. I did find a way to speed up my pacman downloads by switching to a different set of file servers and those are always faster than the defaults.

I think if I switch back to Windows 10, I will still run Linux, but on a separate computer. The learning process has been fun, but I miss the mass compatibility of WIndows programs and VST's. WINE just hasn't been as fun as I thought it would be even though Yabridge has been great. And even though I like stuff like LMMS and Hydrogen, I still covet FL Studio and all it's glory. I'd be lost without REAPER. This past year was the first year that I mainly used the Linux REAPER instead of the Windows REAPER through Wine.

I probably think too much in terms of computers. It's all slightly irrelevant, but it's kinda fun. It's kinda like rearranging furniture or something... hopefully not on the deck of the titanic

[uOpt]

GNOME has gone off the rails and MATE is an attempt to keep the good parts. Similarities are to be expected.

[mjolnir]

GNOME has gone off the rails and MATE is an attempt to keep the good parts. Similarities are to be expected.

interesting. makes sense, i guess.

[Largos]

Gone off the rails is a bit strong. GNOME 3 was a big change from GNOME 2 and people wanted to keep the GNOME 2 style alive so MATE was made. If you type Gnome 2 into an image search, you can see how similar it is to MATE.

[mjolnir]

thanks Largos for correcting

[bulevardi]

not that it matters, but what desktop environment(s) are you guys using?

i'm using XFCE and MATE (both, as separate sessions) and I'm happy with this.

I'm running Mint Cinnamon

[bulevardi]

I also thought about switching to i3wm, but I already have all my main programs mapped to hotkeys via keyboard --> application shortcuts.
I deleted all the hotkeys that I don't like, and made my own. Since my computer has a "Windows" key, I use that alot, kind of like the apple command key. So like, I press Window-R for Reaper, Window-L for LMMS, Window-T for xfce4-terminal, Ctrl-Esc for the application killer, Ctrl-~ to take a screenshot, etcetera. I'm even using application keyboard shortcuts to run the Windows WINE programs. (Window-B to launch AnalogX TapTempo, for example.

I installed MOUSE for that.

It's a product you can just plug-in and then you can directly point to the Reaper icon and double-click.

It's brilliant

[classic]

Hello all.


Don´t know if here is a linux forum of some kind.
So I ask here, its the closest I could find.

Just installed Linux Mint Cinnamon v: 6.4.6 on an
Hewlett-Packard 8750p with all the multimedia codexes needet.
Just the youtube sound are so terrible.
Music and voices are so strange mixed and you can´t understand a word.
Music is toooo loud and all sounds so choppy and very strange.
Dunno what I have done wrong.
Anybody has an idea?

Thanks for your help.

All the best

[glokraw]

There is a distro for musicians, that should work without changing/adding things that may be unknown quantities. It is based on debian MX Linux, customized by GMaq for his own needs, and shared with the public for theirs. I suggest burning it to a dvd or usb stick/sd-card, and trying it as a live session via your computer 'early boot' menu.

https://www.bandshed.net/2025/01/20/av- ... -released/

Mint is a popular SOHO linux, but not focussed on musicians. A Forum for linux musicians, with many topic categories, and veteran users, including some using Mint, is at

www.linuxmusicians.com

If you test AVLinux, note the things that work as-is, and things that don't, and check the various forum topics, as many have done before, and ask your questions where it seems accurate, maybe

https://linuxmusicians.com/viewforum.php?f=4

https://linuxmusicians.com/viewforum.php?f=6

Cheers

[farlukar]

Just the youtube sound are so terrible.

Only YT or any sound?

[mjolnir]

Has anybody ever had any luck with successfully upgrading computer BIOS on Linux?
A lot of hardware vendors really only support MS Windows systems for BIOS upgrades (and BIOS upgrade software).

I was considering upgrading my BIOS but the software is labeled as "experimental", so I backed off.
What are your thoughts on this?

[MurzimStem]

N-track studio now runs in linux. Has anyone tried the linux version? (This was one of the first DAWs I used back in about 1997).