primary desktop machine: Linux (Bitwig)
secondary desktop machine: Mac (Bitwig / Logic / Numerology / BAM)
portable setup: iPad (Groove Rider II / BAM) combined with Circuit Tracks
hardware-only setups: too many to list
the main reason for using Linux as a primary machine is limited choice of software.
it's already narrowed down, so if i can do something on Linux, i certainly can do that elsewhere.
Please vote in our yearly music production operating system poll!
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- KVRist
- 106 posts since 8 Sep, 2015
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 7027 posts since 19 Apr, 2002 from Utah
Daily bump
Vendor‑Dependent Copy Protection: Customers lose. Pirates win.
(Also: I'm Accused of lying about Linux—it boots, runs my pro audio workflow, stays stable, updates--though yearly dismissed as “niche”. Yet I'm the deluded one.)
(Also: I'm Accused of lying about Linux—it boots, runs my pro audio workflow, stays stable, updates--though yearly dismissed as “niche”. Yet I'm the deluded one.)
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- KVRist
- 136 posts since 1 Aug, 2001 from Florida, USA
Used to be Windows. Currently MacOS. Keeping the option of Linux open by choosing only software and plugins that run on that natively, too. Windows moved in a direction I didn't like. If MacOS does the same, I'll be ready to migrate again painlessly. (Thus my votes went to MacOS currently, and Linux for the future.)
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 7027 posts since 19 Apr, 2002 from Utah
Daily bump! Please vote if you haven’t already done so!
Vendor‑Dependent Copy Protection: Customers lose. Pirates win.
(Also: I'm Accused of lying about Linux—it boots, runs my pro audio workflow, stays stable, updates--though yearly dismissed as “niche”. Yet I'm the deluded one.)
(Also: I'm Accused of lying about Linux—it boots, runs my pro audio workflow, stays stable, updates--though yearly dismissed as “niche”. Yet I'm the deluded one.)
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 7027 posts since 19 Apr, 2002 from Utah
Please participate in our yearly poll, so that we can determine this:
viewtopic.php?t=626715&start=15
viewtopic.php?t=626715&start=15
Vendor‑Dependent Copy Protection: Customers lose. Pirates win.
(Also: I'm Accused of lying about Linux—it boots, runs my pro audio workflow, stays stable, updates--though yearly dismissed as “niche”. Yet I'm the deluded one.)
(Also: I'm Accused of lying about Linux—it boots, runs my pro audio workflow, stays stable, updates--though yearly dismissed as “niche”. Yet I'm the deluded one.)
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 7027 posts since 19 Apr, 2002 from Utah
For the last several years, we have been following the operating system adoption trends to determine what everyone is using for music production. Please participate in our once yearly survey, so that we can get the most accurate results possible:
viewtopic.php?t=626715&start=15
viewtopic.php?t=626715&start=15
Vendor‑Dependent Copy Protection: Customers lose. Pirates win.
(Also: I'm Accused of lying about Linux—it boots, runs my pro audio workflow, stays stable, updates--though yearly dismissed as “niche”. Yet I'm the deluded one.)
(Also: I'm Accused of lying about Linux—it boots, runs my pro audio workflow, stays stable, updates--though yearly dismissed as “niche”. Yet I'm the deluded one.)
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- KVRian
- 829 posts since 7 Oct, 2005
More people consider to use Linux even if they don't really use it. And less people use or consider to use Macs. The question has been formulated this way.
linux overtakes mac!!!
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- KVRian
- 829 posts since 7 Oct, 2005
Windows.
I know that Linux became usable for music making, I know about native plugins and Windows plugins with wine and bridges. Lack of software (native software) makes Linux more attractive ("less is more"). I even own a USB drive with a portable Linux distro and use it from time to time. But I'm not likely to migrate.
I know that Linux became usable for music making, I know about native plugins and Windows plugins with wine and bridges. Lack of software (native software) makes Linux more attractive ("less is more"). I even own a USB drive with a portable Linux distro and use it from time to time. But I'm not likely to migrate.
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- KVRian
- 1166 posts since 19 Apr, 2004
Linux! Past three years
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- KVRAF
- 5444 posts since 15 Feb, 2020
Edit 2. This post and subsequent posts no longer relevant as Ben has merged threads.
Last edited by revvy on Mon Jan 05, 2026 11:58 am, edited 2 times in total.
I lost my heart in Cap de Creus
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 7027 posts since 19 Apr, 2002 from Utah
Bump
Vendor‑Dependent Copy Protection: Customers lose. Pirates win.
(Also: I'm Accused of lying about Linux—it boots, runs my pro audio workflow, stays stable, updates--though yearly dismissed as “niche”. Yet I'm the deluded one.)
(Also: I'm Accused of lying about Linux—it boots, runs my pro audio workflow, stays stable, updates--though yearly dismissed as “niche”. Yet I'm the deluded one.)
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 7027 posts since 19 Apr, 2002 from Utah
Bump!
Vendor‑Dependent Copy Protection: Customers lose. Pirates win.
(Also: I'm Accused of lying about Linux—it boots, runs my pro audio workflow, stays stable, updates--though yearly dismissed as “niche”. Yet I'm the deluded one.)
(Also: I'm Accused of lying about Linux—it boots, runs my pro audio workflow, stays stable, updates--though yearly dismissed as “niche”. Yet I'm the deluded one.)
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 7027 posts since 19 Apr, 2002 from Utah
Bump!!
Vendor‑Dependent Copy Protection: Customers lose. Pirates win.
(Also: I'm Accused of lying about Linux—it boots, runs my pro audio workflow, stays stable, updates--though yearly dismissed as “niche”. Yet I'm the deluded one.)
(Also: I'm Accused of lying about Linux—it boots, runs my pro audio workflow, stays stable, updates--though yearly dismissed as “niche”. Yet I'm the deluded one.)