Was primarily looking at something running Pop!_OS to start. Someone here suggested System76. I'd be migrating from a chromebook that can't handle any music software/DAWs at all, so even if it takes a little more legwork to get going on Linux, it'd still be a step up for those capacities as well as hopefully for privacy, as I'm learning. EDiT: I'm also unable to install Linux on this chromebook.
Anyone have any experience producing music on Linux? I'm mostly going to be recording but also interested in live modulation. For those reasons I'd probably be using Reaper (which I have a good deal of experience with) and Bitwig/Ardour. Would love to hear peoples' thoughts.
Yeah, I think it's full name is Jack Audio Connection Kit. I don't think it's completely necessary but all the folks on the Linux audio forums use it for it's real-time connection ability so I figured I'd use it too. It works pretty well once you figure it out.
nice, i'm gonna keep that one under my hat. cheers.
Enjoy!