Linux Audio users of KVR: What distro do you use?

[audiojunkie]

After today, there are only two more days left until the end of the survey. Linux users, please respond to the survey! This information helps developers to see what distros to support, and how many are actively using Linux for music production.

[audiojunkie]

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[imrae]

Another Fedora Silverblue here. I wouldn't recommend it for a novice, but it's a pretty neat setup and package quality/selection/freshness is decent.

[audiojunkie]

Another Fedora Silverblue here. I wouldn't recommend it for a novice, but it's a pretty neat setup and package quality/selection/freshness is decent.

Nice! I love it!

[GaryG]

Another Fedora Silverblue here. I wouldn't recommend it for a novice, but it's a pretty neat setup and package quality/selection/freshness is decent.

still a relative Linux newbie so... hows does an immutable distro like Silverblue handle things like audio plugins? Can you still, for instance, install a non-Flatpack DAW like Reaper and all those plugs up on Github (assuming a suitable version is available)?

[audiojunkie]

Another Fedora Silverblue here. I wouldn't recommend it for a novice, but it's a pretty neat setup and package quality/selection/freshness is decent.

still a relative Linux newbie so... hows does an immutable distro like Silverblue handle things like audio plugins? Can you still, for instance, install a non-Flatpack DAW like Reaper and all those plugs up on Github (assuming a suitable version is available)?

Absolutely. Symlinked locations point to the immutable locations. So:

On Fedora Silverblue (and the other Fedora Atomic desktops), the immutable operating system lives primarily under /usr, while writable state is kept in /etc and /var. To preserve the traditional Linux filesystem layout, several top-level directories are symbolic links into writable locations.

The standard symlinks are:

/home -> /var/home
/opt -> /var/opt
/srv -> /var/srv
/root -> /var/roothome
/usr/local -> /var/usrlocal
/mnt -> /var/mnt
/tmp -> /sysroot/tmp

So in this set up, the immutable part doesn’t change, but you can still write and do configuration files and everything else on the operating system.

[audiojunkie]

Well, here we are at the last day of the survey! If you haven't given your input, please do! Thank you!

[wonshu]

Debian on a MacBook Air (2017 - yeah, I'm downsizing... lol ).

I'm surprised that so little people are on Fedora - although my experience with Fedora wasn't so great either. Storage footprint of Fedora is really unacceptable at current prices.

[audiojunkie]

Nice! I may not like the heavy-handed control that Apple keeps on everything, and I may not like their walled garden ecosystem, and I may not like their planned obsolescence, but they made good Intel hardware.

[TechHaus]

Kind off-topic, but I don't feel like starting a new thread - I want to start a YouTube show about audio on Linux (and will probably reference this poll in an early episode).

Does anyone have any name suggestions?

Someone already has PenguinAudio, which was my first thought - that's why I'm here for ideas.

Thanks if you have any!

[audiojunkie]

Cool! Make sure you let us know when it's available!

[metamorphosis]

I've not been impressed by Mint. Maybe it's good in some areas, but overall kinda unstable. Very much liking Kubuntu.

[Shabdahbriah]

Kind off-topic, but I don't feel like starting a new thread - I want to start a YouTube show about audio on Linux (and will probably reference this poll in an early episode).

Does anyone have any name suggestions?

Someone already has PenguinAudio, which was my first thought - that's why I'm here for ideas.

Thanks if you have any!

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