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I'm flummoxed for sure. I need a computer to be a bit of a power house, ideally well equipped for music production software and live performance, DJ software, graphic design/animation/illustration, and at least for the desktop gaming. Been in the market for a laptop so I can take at least the music & design production on the go, but damn I hate laptop shopping.
Unsuuuure if Linux is compatible with the graphic/music production software I'm working with, or if there are viable work arounds. Windows 11 looks like a dumpster fire I do not wish to support. I'd really like to avoid Apple as I have my own grievances there too. Windows 10 obviously seems on the way out.
Long story long, feeling a bit lost on how best to proceed. If anyone uses Linux for similar creative endeavors, would love to hear your roses and thorns on the matter. Certainly open to recommendations for a sturdy war horse of a lappy as well.
I have no idea about music production but ardour is linux-native and the technical backend stuff is definitely there (you'll want to use jack in real-time mode to hook everything up and together). Graphics-wise if you can do what you want to do with blender and/or krita you're also set. You'll be able to sync up blender and ardour via jack. Dunno about video editing blender has always been sufficient for me and I already know it. There's also plenty of more coding-oriented music stuff, have some live-coded music.
I'm running REAPER and some outboard gear GUIs on Nobara Linux with no issues so far. VSTs run thanks to yabridge and Lutris/WINE handles the GUI stuff. I bet you'll be able to migrate without too much trouble.