Soloman Tump Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Anyone here run FLStudio through Ubuntu? I am planning on switching my laptop from Windows Vista to Ubuntu. Can't afford a new laptop right now but I want to use what I have as a "music only" machine. I have previous experience of ubuntu so shouldn't be a problem getting that installed and setup. Only thing is I have read about a few problems with vst plug-ins not running through ubuntu, although this appears to be fixed in newer ubuntu releases. Any thoughts and experiences would be appreciated! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Is there a reason it has to be Ubuntu - could you not just have a machine running just windows (possibly one of those stripped down/bare bones builds like vLite) and your music software to make life easier ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soloman Tump Posted October 29, 2012 Author Share Posted October 29, 2012 ^ Yeah I could do that. Vista is pretty chunky and I could try vlite. I just fancied using Ubuntu again, its been 3-4 years since I last used it and wanted to see what they had done to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 I'd second having a windows only computer, or dual boot with ubuntu and windows. I tried making music on ubuntu with little avail, ran into issues running reaper and I was too lazy to try playing around with ubuntu's free software. I love that OS for day-to-day stuff though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wahrk Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Agreed, josh. I used to use it at work and at home years ago. Been years since I actually spent any time using linux on a machine though. For production it just gets in the way a lot of the time. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soloman Tump Posted November 12, 2012 Author Share Posted November 12, 2012 ^ Thanks for the feedback. Going to try a vlite installation of Vista and see what happens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Vista? why on earth would you want to use that? if you want to go with a lite version of something, go with XP Lite or Win 7 Lite - plenty of downloads around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Yeah XP does seem preferable to Vista in my opinion - Look for 'XP Stripped to the Bone Edition' for a super speedy distribution of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Intelligent dodgem music Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Yeah XP does seem preferable to Vista in my opinion - Look for 'XP Stripped to the Bone Edition' for a super speedy distribution of it. Did you actually try that? I can't seem to find some "official" site or torrent for this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 I've done it in the past with my really old lappy, I think a 'piratey themed' website may still have a copy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soloman Tump Posted November 17, 2012 Author Share Posted November 17, 2012 Vista? why on earth would you want to use that? Because thats all I have got... will look around then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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