Linux Audio users of KVR: What distro do you use?
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- KVRAF
- 7103 posts since 19 Apr, 2002 from Utah
For fun, I thought it would be interesting to see what everyone is using. I am going to keep it to one vote per person. If you use more than one distro, mention it in the thread.
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
- 7103 posts since 19 Apr, 2002 from Utah
I'm using Fedora Silverblue.
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
- 69 posts since 1 Jun, 2026 from United States
I am currently using Ubuntu Studio
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 7103 posts since 19 Apr, 2002 from Utah
It's too bad your knob.monster doesn't have Roland JV/XP and XV series built in. I could you those. 
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
- 7103 posts since 19 Apr, 2002 from Utah
I’ve seen several people recently mention they were using Ubuntu Studio, so it is somewhat surprising to not see any AV Linux or Ubuntu Studio votes yet. It’s only day one though, so I figure they’ll show up eventually. I’m not surprised with Mint though. My guess is that Mint and Debian will get the most votes, but that remains to be seen.
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
- 8111 posts since 13 Jan, 2003 from Darkest Kent, UK
I distro-hopped a bit and ended up on Mint, no massive reason just seemed nice and tidy, worked etcaudiojunkie wrote: Tue Jun 23, 2026 3:10 amI’m not surprised with Mint though. My guess is that Mint and Debian will get the most votes, but that remains to be seen.
So far (a few months) I haven't had any of the random issues I had with UbuntuStudio.Having said that, as I'm getting more fluent with Linux, will probably eventually move to a 'base' distro like Debian, have LMDE on a secondary drive as a stepping stone.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 7103 posts since 19 Apr, 2002 from Utah
Mint is a perfectly fine distro.
For the things I look for in a distro, if Fedora wasn’t around, I’d probably use Debian, just like you want to.
For the things I look for in a distro, if Fedora wasn’t around, I’d probably use Debian, just like you want to.
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.)