• @Tamkish
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    63 months ago

    The only two things making me use windows for now are my inability to run FL Studio on Linux (I tried before, I’ll try again)

    Procrastination to go through my files to see if there’s something worth backing up before I wipe my drive

    • @[email protected]
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      23 months ago

      There are alternative DAWs but ngl they all make me sad. And some vsts are a nightmare to get running too.

      But they are alot better than trying to get fl running on Linux imo. Check out zrythm if you ever have some time to kill. It sounds lile the most promising one.

      • @Tamkish
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        23 months ago

        I’m just in love with FL’s keyboard roll and I’m just used to the entire daw. I don’t really want to switch to a different one

        • @[email protected]
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          33 months ago

          I think Bottles has a ready-made profile for installing FL, last I saw it was marked as silver quality. Might be worth a try? I’m a Bitwig user so I haven’t needed to try it. :p (Though I have heard tales of FL’s magnificent piano roll.)

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            13 months ago

            Its honestly amazing. I keep hearing bitwig is the way to go if you want to use linux and also be happy

            • @Tamkish
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              13 months ago

              I’m gonna save this comment for the time when I eventually switch (I got shitton of WIP stuff)

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      13 months ago

      These days it’s best to use Windows on computer where you need it for a specific application, and another machine for your desktop. Sometimes with a switch so you can use the same keyboard/mouse/monitor

      I know someone who uses one of those beelink minis or similar as a dedicated machine to run their 3d printer because the company doesn’t support Linux as well as Windows.

      It sucks to have to keep your nice production machine separate from your desktop, but it really beats the headache of virtualization or dual booting

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          13 months ago

          That’s really interesting! How so? I’d figure that windows would have the better hardware support so running it in vm would be weird