My last operating budget for "windows" 10, building out 3 machines (two of which were internet access boxen).
0 $. Used the same optimized GS win10 22H2 image on all three all activated with either MAS or KMS scripts. who pays for keys anymore...

 

arent you worried exposing folders with cracked Kontakt and other software on your channel?

 

what the hellll brooo giving me heart attacks like that! where did you see that?

 

That's totally fine with me. Every one uses what they want to use. It's just that lots of those who went to linux are trying desperately to get others switch over to it. I hope this desperation is fueled by a need to learn, trying new things, or other some such healthier reason than idiotic windows doomsday EOL b.s..

Well yeah. It's open source, so of course it's "supported", but as a SERVER OS. For media production it doesn't contain nearly half the stuff that makes things run smoothly in a production atmosphere. And as for media production, there are very few dev's that really support it. Even as a daily driver OS it lacks, IMO. Believe me when I say I have been watching the progress of linux over time and every so often I'll try running a build of it to see for myself what has progressed and what hasn't. IMO, the graphical user interface portion of linux is nowhere near any kind of shape to be a contender in any arena let alone media production. If it ever does I'll be one of the first to jump on the linux bandwagon.

 

In the video above, while explaining the Wine Bottle stuff, we can see folders named bobdule and TCD just something I briefly noticed

 

that's what I figured and I rewatched it and saw just one brief moment that is very easy to miss. but thanks for pointing that out. (bobdule's kontakt didn't work for me though btw).
also for me if licensing/licensed version of an app doesn't work, but a pirated one works - I see no issue using the pirated one and calling that a win

 

Just use the portable v8 version. But.....install it in /drive_c/ProgramData/

 

it's better than the common situation encountered by new Linux users in their first couple months. The experience of security disillusionment. Pretty quickly the world of permissions, firewall rules, kernel updates, questionable repos, privilege escalation exploits, etc. result in the "I have no clue what i'm doing using this" epiphany.

 

yeah, I ended up sticking with that one. native access works on linux, but it's a pain, same with ilok...

 

I'm a hobbyist, not a professional—I only record my own projects and my band. I've been using Debian with the Liquorix kernel on KDE for 4 years.

The beginning was challenging because the amount of commercial software available is roughly equivalent to Linux's market share. I overcame GAS, learned to work with what I have, and started creating my own solutions—like developing a Linux driver for the Machine MK3 Micro (https://github.com/sikorak666/maschine-mikro-mk3-driver) and contributing to the WineHQ knowledge base.

Linux becoming a solid option, especially as more developers are keeping their foot in Linux's door: Bitwig, Presonus, Focusrite, U-He, Toneboosters, Kazrog, Ugritone, Harrison, and many others already mentioned here.

Many programs can run using WINE and yabridge—and this isn't virtualization. Some work better than on Windows, others worse. It requires experimentation and debugging, but this is just the beginning of Linux's journey in audio production. Even Glenn from SpectreSoundStudio discusses Linux on his channel, so the topic is reaching the mainstream. Once that happens, developers may start recognizing this niche. A few years ago, gaming on Linux was a pipe dream. Now, thanks to SteamOS, both gamers and developers recognize the platform as stable and efficient. Linux needs the same momentum—a snowball effect among developers. JUCE and HISE enable cross-platform development for Windows, Mac, and Linux. It's not rocket science.

Linux has its challenges—Wayland is still evolving and Xorg is ancient—but both work, and Wayland is being actively developed. JACK and PipeWire deliver lower latencies than macOS.

There are know-it-alls on this forum who seem to think they know better and have a compulsion to comment on every Linux mention with overt hostility, as if it's personal. For some, it's compulsive; for others, it's just bitter resentment.

 

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Keep up the good work, man! You touch on some of the similar thoughts I have: since I'm tech-savvy enough to use Linux and troubleshoot it, I can switch to contribute to that snowball effect, so that everyone can profit. While I'm (and other people smarter than me) figuring out how to make my stuff work, I can help the people who have less experience have a smoother time transitioning, if they so choose.

This shit is so confusing to me. You come into my house uninvited, insult my shit... why? Do you really not have anything better to do? Go pirate a VST and make some music, that's definitely a better use of everyone's time...

 

There is no resentment about Linux by other Linux users, only a reality check that Linux for Audio is hardly the Che Guevara Open Source solution the loudest new users always seem to make it out to be. Even when semi-experienced users have to visit the forum and rage they cannot figure out how to download amp simulations they have actually paid a Windows based developer for.

Any Linux user wants to stay 100% open-source, using Ardour, Zrythm, or LMMS, and LV2 plugins. But the best sounding or most used tools such as Kontakt, Serum, FabFilter, UAD, and even various Amp Sims are all Windows and macOS-only. So the solution is to bridge them through Wine or run them in a Windows VM, effectively depending on the very closed ecosystem they’re trying to escape. Meanwhile proselytizing about it.

Imagine the results of a thread on here, " I just switched to Windows 2 months ago, and let me tell you all just how great it is!".

And then expecting to be met with anything other than the same annoyance as yet another Reaper fanboy thread? It's not the OS people give you a hard time about.

 

Yeah nah. I like my stuff to work right from the get go. I don't have time to 'maintain' or 'build' components for my OS. I do that shit at work all day. I come home and just want to make music, which my Mac does right out of the box with no tweaking required but installing my RME drivers and Cubase..

Fine for the hobbyists, but no professional music producer or studio will ever be caught dead running Linux. They have bills to pay, not time to waste building systems from scratch and pulling from repositories just to get running.