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.
I'm interested in this discussion because I'm primarily a Linux user but have been chilling in windows lately because I got an ableton live lite key with my scarlette. That and playing halo with my brother has been a good time.
I've been using linux for 10+ years but audio issues still frustrate me to no end. I built a midi controller from an old digital typewriter and it works out of the box in windows and linux, on ableton in windows and LMMS in both.
I have done SUUPER basic recording in linux with a scarlet and quality was fine and didn't need any drivers. I also wasn't live monitoring either so latency wasn't a big deal. I still tend to not live monitor for recording since I'm a one person production and just monitor from the tube amp 2 feet from my ear.