04-24-2023, 03:09 PM
Some of you have to update your files about Arch Linux and descendants. Because it's getting more stable, and especially with Wine, better compatible with Windows programs than Debian-based right now. I would never recommend Debian for anything for somebody who needs to run decade-2000 developed software. Especially not games, with the heavy reliance on "winetricks" because lately the guys at Arch Linux aren't even updating it. As the Debian devs move into "Bookworm" they broke a lot of stuff because compatibility with Windows is not their priority. In fact, it's not the priority of any Linux distro makers, but somehow Arch could get it right largely because they revise Wine "staging". Debian goes with "repacks" on the last "stable" version of Wine.
It's not perfect. Many Windows programs prefer Windows. It's frustrating when working with a music plug-in and the stupid thing refuses to show the GUI which is essential in knowing what has to be done and what to adjust. The app could throw an exception instead attempting to load one of its modules. It's frustrating as well having to buy an expensive music-creation application to see if the support in a strange operating system is good enough. "Just get REAPER, now there's a native Linux version of it!" When I purchased my license for REAPER, it was at v2 and there was no Linux version, had to use the Windows version through Wine. It has worked out pretty good for me so far on Fedora 36 MATE and Spiral Linux KDE. I had the license through v3 but I'm probably not going to load that any longer -- there is no need. Since then they raised the price of the non-commercial license, making sure I'm not interested in buying any longer. I could barely afford my Internet connection.
There is another problem with using the Linux version of REAPER. Just like Ardour, MusE and any other Linux app, the user is stuck using plug-ins for Linux! Cannot use the plethora of Windows VST plug-ins, and Wine cannot help there. Although half of them are buggy and ordinary with the sound, but why I cannot just use it? Now there's this Yabridge which is nice but without Wine it's not appealing to me. Before that I had to deal with Carla being buggy as hell, cooperated only in a 64-bit-only operating system where I couldn't install Wine.
I'll bet that if it weren't so doggone difficult to get "multilib" on 64-bit Slackware, even that implementation of Wine would be better than Debian's.
Also there's the urgency to move up from X-dot-org to Wayland visually, and from Pulseaudio to Pipewire with sound, making things a lot more complicated. Soon we will not be able to use our 10+ year old PC's anymore with a few Linux distros. Go into BlendOS download page and they tell you that you need a "modern" computer to work with the live ISO because they boast the latest GNOME v44 with all its memory-hogging tendencies.
This is for some of you who believe I defend Linux more than Windows. I would still have been on WindowsXP 32-bit if only one of the two Toshiba laptops I had, never failed me and I didn't have to throw them away. I would have never gotten past 32-bit Ubuntu Studio with my Linux experience and given a hoot anyhow about 64-bit. I wouldn't have been here talking to you about a 64-bit programming system.
It's not perfect. Many Windows programs prefer Windows. It's frustrating when working with a music plug-in and the stupid thing refuses to show the GUI which is essential in knowing what has to be done and what to adjust. The app could throw an exception instead attempting to load one of its modules. It's frustrating as well having to buy an expensive music-creation application to see if the support in a strange operating system is good enough. "Just get REAPER, now there's a native Linux version of it!" When I purchased my license for REAPER, it was at v2 and there was no Linux version, had to use the Windows version through Wine. It has worked out pretty good for me so far on Fedora 36 MATE and Spiral Linux KDE. I had the license through v3 but I'm probably not going to load that any longer -- there is no need. Since then they raised the price of the non-commercial license, making sure I'm not interested in buying any longer. I could barely afford my Internet connection.
There is another problem with using the Linux version of REAPER. Just like Ardour, MusE and any other Linux app, the user is stuck using plug-ins for Linux! Cannot use the plethora of Windows VST plug-ins, and Wine cannot help there. Although half of them are buggy and ordinary with the sound, but why I cannot just use it? Now there's this Yabridge which is nice but without Wine it's not appealing to me. Before that I had to deal with Carla being buggy as hell, cooperated only in a 64-bit-only operating system where I couldn't install Wine.
I'll bet that if it weren't so doggone difficult to get "multilib" on 64-bit Slackware, even that implementation of Wine would be better than Debian's.
Also there's the urgency to move up from X-dot-org to Wayland visually, and from Pulseaudio to Pipewire with sound, making things a lot more complicated. Soon we will not be able to use our 10+ year old PC's anymore with a few Linux distros. Go into BlendOS download page and they tell you that you need a "modern" computer to work with the live ISO because they boast the latest GNOME v44 with all its memory-hogging tendencies.
This is for some of you who believe I defend Linux more than Windows. I would still have been on WindowsXP 32-bit if only one of the two Toshiba laptops I had, never failed me and I didn't have to throw them away. I would have never gotten past 32-bit Ubuntu Studio with my Linux experience and given a hoot anyhow about 64-bit. I wouldn't have been here talking to you about a 64-bit programming system.