Technology

59378 readers

2710 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related content.
Be excellent to each another!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

296

Is Microsoft trying to commit suicide? (www.antipope.org)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

101 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'm flummoxed for sure. I need a computer to be a bit of a power house, ideally well equipped for music production software and live performance, DJ software, graphic design/animation/illustration, and at least for the desktop gaming. Been in the market for a laptop so I can take at least the music & design production on the go, but damn I hate laptop shopping.

Unsuuuure if Linux is compatible with the graphic/music production software I'm working with, or if there are viable work arounds. Windows 11 looks like a dumpster fire I do not wish to support. I'd really like to avoid Apple as I have my own grievances there too. Windows 10 obviously seems on the way out.

Long story long, feeling a bit lost on how best to proceed. If anyone uses Linux for similar creative endeavors, would love to hear your roses and thorns on the matter. Certainly open to recommendations for a sturdy war horse of a lappy as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Unsuuuure if Linux is compatible with the graphic/music production software I’m working with, or if there are viable work arounds.

I have no idea about music production but ardour is linux-native and the technical backend stuff is definitely there (you'll want to use jack in real-time mode to hook everything up and together). Graphics-wise if you can do what you want to do with blender and/or krita you're also set. You'll be able to sync up blender and ardour via jack. Dunno about video editing blender has always been sufficient for me and I already know it. There's also plenty of more coding-oriented music stuff, have some live-coded music.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

have some live-coded music

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I'm running REAPER and some outboard gear GUIs on Nobara Linux with no issues so far. VSTs run thanks to yabridge and Lutris/WINE handles the GUI stuff. I bet you'll be able to migrate without too much trouble.