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
- 7228 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
- 7228 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
- 7228 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
- 7228 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
- 7228 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
- 7228 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
- 1120 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
- 934 posts since 24 Sep, 2016
I distrohop between Arch and Artix.
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"I believe every music producer inherently has something unique about the way they make music. They just have to identify what makes them different, and develop it" - Max Martin
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 7228 posts since 19 Apr, 2002 from Utah
How do you like Artix?
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
- 3268 posts since 21 May, 2010
UPDATE: None of the above at the moment.
I'm back on Windows 11 Pro for the sake of practicality and convenience, after a year or two of incompatibilities involving WINE, yabridge, and JUCE8 -- and the lack of iLok support -- which have made many of my paid commercial apps and plugins useless (some in the digital-art domain, not just music-making).
However, I do still prefer round chicken nuggets -- the plain ones, so that I can season them to taste for whatever moment, and I prefer the ones from Dutch Farms, because they have a lot less sat fat than other brands (last time I checked).
I still use Linux with EndeavourOS (and KDE Plasma this time), specifically for running Elder Scrolls Online through Steam -- because it's 3x faster to restore the game and my addons and settings from an rsync backup on Linux than to download the whole thing again on Windows, plus that makes me a better net-neighbor.
I'm back on Windows 11 Pro for the sake of practicality and convenience, after a year or two of incompatibilities involving WINE, yabridge, and JUCE8 -- and the lack of iLok support -- which have made many of my paid commercial apps and plugins useless (some in the digital-art domain, not just music-making).
However, I do still prefer round chicken nuggets -- the plain ones, so that I can season them to taste for whatever moment, and I prefer the ones from Dutch Farms, because they have a lot less sat fat than other brands (last time I checked).
I still use Linux with EndeavourOS (and KDE Plasma this time), specifically for running Elder Scrolls Online through Steam -- because it's 3x faster to restore the game and my addons and settings from an rsync backup on Linux than to download the whole thing again on Windows, plus that makes me a better net-neighbor.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 7228 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
- 7228 posts since 19 Apr, 2002 from Utah
Please share what distro 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.)