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Ubuntu Studio for a first distro? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 4 days ago by korendian@lemmy.zip to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I've been searching around for the right linux raft I need to jump off of the sinking microsoft ship, and I am currently considering giving Ubuntu Studio a go. My primary activities are music production and gaming, so the massive number of creative tools that are available seem like it would really level up my music production game, and possibly inspire me to try out some other creative avenues as well. It's kind of amazing to see the possibilities with all the free software out there these days.

So, does anyone use Ubuntu Studio, and do you have any tips or any things to watch out for as far as quirks? Would this be a good option as a first install, or should I go with something else?

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[–] Glifted@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I really love Ubuntu Studio but Plasma/KDE doesn't seem to run well on my machine. Its the result of having old hardware and not having the expertise to figure out why it doesn't run properly. If it weren't for that I would use it.

[–] korendian@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What hardware do you have? Mine is somewhat on the older side (ryzen 3600 and rx 6600), but new enough to run games and other software decently.

[–] Glifted@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

i5 4690k (I think, can verify later)

EVGA GTX 1060 6GB

32GB RAM DDR3

I run most things fine but I always have problems with distros that use the KDE/Plasma desktop enviroment. I believe this is likely an issue with my configuration where it isn't utilizing my video card or something and a smarter person would probably not have the same problem

[–] airbornestar@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

From my experience, KDE can run well even on older computers. I have used KDE with only 2GB ram, a 10 year old dual-core Intel Celeron CPU, and an integrated GPU, and it runs rather well, if only a little laggy here and there. Of course, XFCE runs much better with that setup, though.

[–] Glifted@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's entirely possible it's user error on my part but I have not had the same issue with other distros. Only distros running KDE/Plasma seem to have the issue.

Any KDE super users could probably take one look at my setup and be like "oh, you just need to toggle the dooble-gonger and set flops to 9600" but I am far too dumb

[–] airbornestar@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

I mean, it could be. Intel integrated graphics don't generally need additional drivers. That said, I have run KDE on stock Kubuntu and Debian and (outside of minor glitches, ofc) rarely had a problem.