The_Walkening [none/use name]

IIRC in Norway they have “Taco Friday”

EXPLAIN SETTING UP AUDIO SOFTWARE ON LINUX TO ME OR I’LL removedING KILL YOU! DON’T DUMB IT DOWN INTO SOME VAGUE removed! EXPLAIN JACK TO ME RIGHT NOW OR I’LL LITERALLY removedING KILL YOU! WHAT THE removed IS cannot use real-time scheduling (FIFO at priority -4) ? WHAT THE removed ARE JACKD and QJACKCTL? DON’T DUMB IT DOWN OR I’LL removedING KILL YOU

But seriously I’ve tried getting some music-making/software synths/recording/tracking software together and every time I just bounce off of it because setting it up is just too much effort/out of my regular software wheelhouse/the documentation is like 5 decade-old forum posts with 2 replys.

I’d say so - since you’re coming in relatively cold you’re probably not so used to Windows that you’d get frustrated with how Linux works compared to it, and if you’re just using it for regular, everyday stuff like web browsing there’s practically no difference.

I’ve been running Linux in some form since 2012 - I installed Ubuntu 12 on my old laptop and played around with it - was a pain so I dropped it for Windows until like… 2015? Then I went full into it as I started getting into programming and whatnot.

But well… you might be right. Non-linux sysadmins probably think it’s not possible and just hand out windows or mac.

I mean even if you were totally knowledgeable about it (Imo, as a non-IT person) it seems like it’s a hard sell in terms of effort/value unless it’s totally necessary esp if there’s an established user base for Mac/windows.

I guess it’s mostly because Mac and Windows are just easier to run for most organizations, and IME as someone who’s never worked at a software company, IT teams don’t have any interest in admin’ing Linux for a small handful of users.

I mean if it’s the choice between Fisher-Price Linux in a decently good looking package or Windows in whatever (maybe entirely useless spec) machine your employer offers, it’s probably better to get the Mac for a lot of people.

I mean it’s to the point that if you’re willing to install an operating system (a smaller sunset of computer users overall) , you can go with Linux no problem

It’s good now: https://www.protondb.com/

Go with an AMD graphics card, they work right out of the box in Linux so it’s just that much easier.