if you're constantly on the fence because of one game or some drawing app, you'll be dragged along with windows to the end. if that sounds bad, bite the bullet now
w/ creative stuff on linux you kind of have to realize that something that might take 1 program on windows takes 2 or 3 on linux, but in the process it works a lot smoother than one app trying to do everything
probably doesn't normalize the output automatically like lots of other software does. might need to go in and really manage your levels - im sure someone who knows mastering better could help here
I installed Mint as a dual boot in like january and I don't think I've felt the need to reboot in to windows more than like once that entire time. It's been striking a surprisingly good balance between "just works and I don't need to screw with it" and "I can still screw with it if I need to"
I should probably note here that I also have a weird motherboard. An ASUS Prime B450M-A/CSM. It was what I could afford at the time, but is probably part of my problems.
Maybe, but if so, it's something hideously obscure that isn't in any of the guides or forum threads I've scoured. I've tried everything I could find related to power management, disk access, etc. My desktop is just...weird.
I have a Ryzen 5 2600 and a GTX 1650. Wayland hates me and X11 throws weird errors. And my wireless card (wired networking isn't an option in my house) isn't recognized by most distros I've tried.
AMD Surface Laptop 3 for me -- Wayland (mostly) resolved the video signal handshake issues I encountered with external monitors on X11.
Just gotta experiment and find what works!
honestly, its battery life. i got a mac m1 from my employer as part of my severance, its pretty and the battery lasts all day. my linux machine, which i picked for I/O and a strong gpu, lasts 2 hours without a plug. i've worked around all the blockers on both machines.
it's the audio interface for me, an old sound card that hates USB 3.0. i've long since played the guitar tho, it's mostly just for music-listening. and my heavily customized foobar2000 😭
i dual-boot, but i miss the audio quality
I haven't used Plume, so I can't speak to that, but Scriv lets you write your document in small sections, which means you can write in any order and then rearrange. You *can* do that with Libre, but you'd have to select the paragraphs then cut/paste. With Scriv, you drag and drop.
For example, the first section of my novel (I'm just a hobbyist, mind you) is a voyage where my main characters all get to know each other and bond. I wrote scenes as I thought of them, including a climax, and then I put them in an order that made sense. Worked like a charm.
For the next section, I wrote key scenes, loaded them up with character and story implications, and then went back and filled the spaces in between or worked my way towards one of those key scenes. It's been harder, but it's working.
I would never have even thought of doing that if not for Scriv.
There's a FOSS program called Manuskript that does the same thing, but it's less refined, more clunky. It feels like a file organizing system rather than a *writing* system, but it's out there and runs on Linux natively, so (deep sigh) I might have to make that switch.
It really is. There are a dozen other little things is does, and it does them *so well*, but the sections are the big thing.
Except the compiler. The compiler might be good some day. We'll see.
Come to think of it, though, now that I do know, Wine could be a more "light weight" way to run it, rather than running Lutris in the background. It's a bit of a slog to get the Wine install in place, but it might be worth it. Hm!
