I don't have any problems whatsoever with Wayland and XWayland. I know the industry is still on X11, but I really haven't seen any dealbreakers with Wayland.NWSM wrote: Tue Jun 30, 2026 12:28 pmSame here, but Wayland sucksneverbeeninariot wrote: Fri Jun 26, 2026 7:29 am Debian Trixie / KDE, Bitwig & Reaper, and only native plugins. It's been rock solid so far (as you might expect from Debian Stable...).
Linux Audio users of KVR: What distro do you use?
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 7214 posts since 19 Apr, 2002 from Utah
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
- 7214 posts since 19 Apr, 2002 from Utah
Please stand and be counted! 
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
- 7214 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
- 7214 posts since 19 Apr, 2002 from Utah
Those who voted "I use a distro not listed", let us know what you are using! 
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
- 7214 posts since 19 Apr, 2002 from Utah
Yeah, me too!
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
- 7214 posts since 19 Apr, 2002 from Utah
Mint is in first place, Ubuntu is in second place, and Debian is in third place. So far, the numbers agree with with statistics, which say that the Debian family (which includes Ubuntu and its derivatives) is the most popular distros in the world.
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
- 1118 posts since 1 Jul, 2008
I hesitated to move from Ubuntu Studio because of its low latencykernal. But I shouldn't have worried; Debian Trixie with x11 is leaner, very stable and just as - if even more - more cpu efficient.
Running Bitwig. Renoise and *most* of my favourite VSTs via yabridge.
I'm very pleased with it.
Running Bitwig. Renoise and *most* of my favourite VSTs via yabridge.
I'm very pleased with it.
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- KVRian
- 932 posts since 24 Sep, 2016
I distrohop between Arch and Artix.
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