<![CDATA[do people still use Ubuntu or is something else now popular?]]>do people still use Ubuntu or is something else now popular?

Just looking at my linux build.......

(kind of hoping it's straight forward - we've had no issues moving between mac and windows so far)

@linuxaudiodevelopment

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/fe2f4757-3165-461a-805e-c228f58ceb0d/do-people-still-use-ubuntu-or-is-something-else-now-popularRSS for NodeMon, 22 Jun 2026 11:51:39 GMTWed, 10 Jun 2026 14:08:58 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to do people still use Ubuntu or is something else now popular? on Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:36:35 GMT]]>@linuxaudiodevelopment thank you. Those three (or variations) have all come up. Will test with those and should be a good start!

I’m not moving my dev to Linux. Just final build for the moment.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/junklight/statuses/116729616530371235https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/junklight/statuses/116729616530371235Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:36:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to do people still use Ubuntu or is something else now popular? on Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:18:33 GMT]]>@junklight You should be fine with Ubuntu, I'd say.

Nowadays I see a growing number of Linux musicians are using Arch Linux based distributions. A while back I wrote an article about getting started with music production in Linux: https://amadeuspaulussen.com/blog/2025/a-guide-for-getting-started-with-music-production-on-linux

Linux Audio developers often use Debian based systems for backward compatibility, also see: https://linuxaudio.dev/#linux-development-os-recommendation

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/ap/users/115557105127070312/statuses/116729073734722372https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/ap/users/115557105127070312/statuses/116729073734722372Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:18:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to do people still use Ubuntu or is something else now popular? on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:35:12 GMT]]>@junklight Ubuntu is a pretty safe bet, and you’ll find quite some audio people using Ubuntu Studio. So it should cover a lot users.

If you’d like to try an Arch-based distro, I recommend CachyOS for easy install and setup. Here is my setup with Pipewire, RT Kernel and more: https://mortenmosgaard.dk/how-i-setup-cachy-os-arch-linux-for-music-production/

Use Millisecond for Low latency settings and Cachy’s Kernel Manager for installing RT kernel, though the performance optimized Cachy kernel is fast enough.

@linuxaudiodevelopment

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://uddannelse.social/users/mosgaard/statuses/116727487663862227https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://uddannelse.social/users/mosgaard/statuses/116727487663862227Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:35:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to do people still use Ubuntu or is something else now popular? on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:11:02 GMT]]>@bedhead @junklight
I used to use Carla, but nowadays I just wire everything using Ardour, which runs much more stable

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/ki/statuses/116726684890757325https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/ki/statuses/116726684890757325Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:11:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to do people still use Ubuntu or is something else now popular? on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:03:14 GMT]]>well that was easier than I expected!!!

few small C++ quirks but compiles.

However pipewire has errors and it doesn't actually run - I think those are the same issue (ie install pipewire properly and it will be good!)

@linuxaudiodevelopment

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/junklight/statuses/116726654199455563https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/junklight/statuses/116726654199455563Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:03:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to do people still use Ubuntu or is something else now popular? on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:50:07 GMT]]>@junklight @linuxaudiodevelopment - I should add that I haven't used it for serious audio work, so can't directly comment on that.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/116726602627806614https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/116726602627806614Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:50:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to do people still use Ubuntu or is something else now popular? on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:48:20 GMT]]>@junklight @linuxaudiodevelopment - every time I've installed it recently it's just been a matter of booting from the installation media and answering a few questions, and all of the hardware I've used it with has been fully supported.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/116726595615675949https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/116726595615675949Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:48:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to do people still use Ubuntu or is something else now popular? on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:26:06 GMT]]>@bedhead @ki ah cool - sounds interesting!!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/junklight/statuses/116726508165440354https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/junklight/statuses/116726508165440354Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:26:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to do people still use Ubuntu or is something else now popular? on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:25:37 GMT]]>@ki@chaos.social @junklight@mastodon.art

on qpwgraph i was able to attach two difgerent apps to one input (my mic) and i had a stable cross-software call

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bark.wolp.chat/fediverse/post/da001edc-2d6b-4671-8ada-8c16e7c9698fhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bark.wolp.chat/fediverse/post/da001edc-2d6b-4671-8ada-8c16e7c9698fWed, 10 Jun 2026 15:25:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to do people still use Ubuntu or is something else now popular? on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:23:36 GMT]]>@ki@chaos.social @junklight@mastodon.art

idk which distro uses what, but qpwgraph is pretty cool

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bark.wolp.chat/fediverse/post/59880b46-d245-4fb1-be2c-959729761529https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bark.wolp.chat/fediverse/post/59880b46-d245-4fb1-be2c-959729761529Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:23:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to do people still use Ubuntu or is something else now popular? on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:58:21 GMT]]>@junklight I would say Debian has become a lot easier to get started with in like the last decade or so. The non-free/non-free-firmware split a few years ago made things easier if you want a system on which the hardware is usable but otherwise stay within the DFSG/Debian Free Software Guidelines.

@philcowans @linuxaudiodevelopment

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.mkj.earth/users/mkj/statuses/116726399062527848https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.mkj.earth/users/mkj/statuses/116726399062527848Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:58:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to do people still use Ubuntu or is something else now popular? on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:43:54 GMT]]>@philcowans @junklight @linuxaudiodevelopment based

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.hostnetwork.xyz/users/fox/statuses/116726342280321430https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.hostnetwork.xyz/users/fox/statuses/116726342280321430Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:43:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to do people still use Ubuntu or is something else now popular? on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:42:00 GMT]]>@philcowans @linuxaudiodevelopment 🙂 I'll definitely give that one a go - I always remember it being slightly more awkward than everything else - has that changed? or are they all better now?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/junklight/statuses/116726334750678825https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/junklight/statuses/116726334750678825Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:42:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to do people still use Ubuntu or is something else now popular? on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:39:37 GMT]]>@junklight @linuxaudiodevelopment - I've switched back to recently, which is (almost) where I started, almost 30 years ago.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/116726325416149474https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/116726325416149474Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:39:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to do people still use Ubuntu or is something else now popular? on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:26:30 GMT]]>@ki yeah will have a poke about - my main goal is to ship an audio plugin that will work on as much linux as possible right now

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/junklight/statuses/116726273805930336https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/junklight/statuses/116726273805930336Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:26:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to do people still use Ubuntu or is something else now popular? on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:24:11 GMT]]>@junklight
maybe look for a distribution with a "realtime" kernel. pipewire has streamlined audio over the past years but you still have to take care of configuring the limits for JACK applications.
I'm not sure how well this works on VMs, sorry, but when xruns are an issue, you can always crank up the buffer size

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/ki/statuses/116726264741840705https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/ki/statuses/116726264741840705Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:24:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to do people still use Ubuntu or is something else now popular? on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:22:46 GMT]]>@bit101 😛

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/junklight/statuses/116726259127666933https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/junklight/statuses/116726259127666933Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:22:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to do people still use Ubuntu or is something else now popular? on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:22:28 GMT]]>@junklight I guess I can't say "you don't know jack" 🙂

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/bit101/statuses/116726257973876650https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/bit101/statuses/116726257973876650Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:22:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to do people still use Ubuntu or is something else now popular? on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:21:31 GMT]]>@bit101 I do know Jack a bit so at least its not ALL new 😉

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/junklight/statuses/116726254228034618https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/junklight/statuses/116726254228034618Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:21:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to do people still use Ubuntu or is something else now popular? on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:20:59 GMT]]>@ki yeah - sorry - should have been clearer

ok cool though that's helpful - looking at audio stuff so it's all a bit less standard than mac/win (mind you I've not managed to make an ARM windows build either yet....)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/junklight/statuses/116726252127231897https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/junklight/statuses/116726252127231897Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:20:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to do people still use Ubuntu or is something else now popular? on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:20:42 GMT]]>@junklight I see Ubuntu Studio uses Jack rather than Pipewire. But if it's all configured correctly and works out of the box, that will probably be fine.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/bit101/statuses/116726251008876531https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/bit101/statuses/116726251008876531Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:20:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to do people still use Ubuntu or is something else now popular? on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:19:55 GMT]]>@junklight
sorry, I misunderstood your question 😄

I've seen CachyOS recommended a lot over the past years, seems to be the latest hot shit

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/ki/statuses/116726247939066320https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/ki/statuses/116726247939066320Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:19:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to do people still use Ubuntu or is something else now popular? on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:18:10 GMT]]>@bit101 I'm guessing that's going to be reasonably popular amongst my target demographic !

and yeah - that looks like a good starting point !

also I've got a full reaper license somewhere - pretty sure that's cross platform too

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/junklight/statuses/116726241063729101https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/junklight/statuses/116726241063729101Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:18:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to do people still use Ubuntu or is something else now popular? on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:17:36 GMT]]>@junklight you might want to look into Ubuntu Studio. https://ubuntustudio.org/
An Ubuntu distro targeted towards media creation. I've not used it personally.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/bit101/statuses/116726238829697543https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/bit101/statuses/116726238829697543Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:17:36 GMT