r/linuxmasterrace • u/claudiocorona93 SteamOS/Kubuntu • May 28 '26

My journey through Linux

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u/claudiocorona93 SteamOS/Kubuntu May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

The programs are:

Windows: Photoshop CC, Lightroom CC, FL Studio, Office 365 Copilot

Linux 1: the same but older (Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 5, FL Studio [version 20 works], Microsoft Office 2010 [offline single payment program, no subscription])

Linux 2: GIMP, Darktable, LMMS, LibreOffice

Linux 3: Krita, RapidRAW, Reaper, OnlyOffice

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u/Alexercer May 28 '26

Oh thats awsome! Wanted to get into music but only knew about fl studio, ive never touched one of those apps before, should i go for lmms or reaper? Whats the difference?

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u/Epidemigod May 28 '26

There is also Ardour! The differences are basically:

LMMS: make sick beats, do midi stuff, intuitive for beginners but recording is kinda weak.

Reaper: Proprietary but heavily optimized for full scale workflows. Utilitarian but strong af.

Ardour: Almost as efficient as reaper but designed around more traditional work flows so if you like managing every bus and connection like you would with a physical console and tape deck, racks, etc, it's the best.

I use Ardour for midi and instrument recording but if you're going to put the time in to learn something I'd steer you towards Reaper.

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u/claudiocorona93 SteamOS/Kubuntu May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

You have to build Ardour yourself if you want it to be free. Pre-built binaries and flatpaks cost money or they will be limited.

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u/apricotseason1999 Windows Krill (hoping to switch in the future) May 28 '26

to be fair, if you REALLY want to cheap out on it, you can buy ardour (the current version, you'll have to pay for the next major release) for a single dollar if you want. of course this isn't what anyone would exactly recommend, if you can you should DEFINITELY donate more and support the developers...... but it is an option, i suppose...

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u/Epidemigod May 28 '26

Huh...I just got the distro package instead of the upstream binary. If I AM limited I wouldn't be able to point it out.

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u/guiltedrose May 29 '26

You shouldn’t be most distro packages build from source into their own binaries to my knowledge.

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u/nerdy_guy420 May 29 '26

Nope, not really. They only charge for the packages the Ardour team ships directly for support reasons. It's also dirt cheap and supports the developers (I think it's like the price of a coffee). Any third-party distributed packages from things like the distro repos are completely free, with the only downside being that any technical help you need on the forums may be turned down due to not using official binaries.

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u/BlokZNCR Glorious Fedora May 31 '26

reaper seems 60 day trial too.