Sure, it's understandable -- that might cover a large subset of Linux users who are interested in such products.
And then come the other requirements: such as using a particular version of Ubuntu -- and oh! only Wayland is supported.
OK, sure. Fewer variables to consider during a beta phase.
And then of course, after one reluctantly agrees to use a current Ubuntu-based distro in order to make good use of the .deb installers of some commercial apps instead of the sandboxed Flatpak versions (if even available and up-to-date), there is some damn dependency error. WTAH?!!!
And aside from all that it feels very restrictive and as if some (not all) commercial developers have agreed to steer their Linux customers into using Ubuntu (and maybe just some subset of its official flavors) -- but with unsatisfactory results.
Therefore, these days I'm starting to favor Linux DAWs that either have packages in whatever distro's main repos, or just provide a tgz to untar and an install.sh to run, and it just works -- on any distro.
Yeah yeah, agents of FOSS will probably be around shortly with their lollipops and shock-sticks (joke!) to advocate for using completely native Linux (and FOSS) DAWs and to forget about commercial ports of anything, especially if the code is proprietary.
And then come the other requirements: such as using a particular version of Ubuntu -- and oh! only Wayland is supported.
OK, sure. Fewer variables to consider during a beta phase.
And then of course, after one reluctantly agrees to use a current Ubuntu-based distro in order to make good use of the .deb installers of some commercial apps instead of the sandboxed Flatpak versions (if even available and up-to-date), there is some damn dependency error. WTAH?!!!
And aside from all that it feels very restrictive and as if some (not all) commercial developers have agreed to steer their Linux customers into using Ubuntu (and maybe just some subset of its official flavors) -- but with unsatisfactory results.
Therefore, these days I'm starting to favor Linux DAWs that either have packages in whatever distro's main repos, or just provide a tgz to untar and an install.sh to run, and it just works -- on any distro.
Yeah yeah, agents of FOSS will probably be around shortly with their lollipops and shock-sticks (joke!) to advocate for using completely native Linux (and FOSS) DAWs and to forget about commercial ports of anything, especially if the code is proprietary.
Statistics: Posted by havran — Wed May 29, 2024 12:34 am — Replies 3 — Views 60