Except that UAC has been frequently compromised and still is. The historic weakness of UAC, and the juicy reward, continues to make it a favourite point of attack. Microsoft obviously knows this because they call the current UAC a legacy mode, and they’re superseding it with the new Administrator Protection modes. This isn’t turned on by default afaik, probably due to compatibility issues, but I’m guessing it’ll be a big thing soon.

Honestly, the AUR and arch wiki are amazing. Every other distro I’ve used I’ve had to rely on out of date or unreliable support forums. Anytime I want to install something I don’t have hope it already has a package, because someone has usually already built an AUR package that either compiles from the latest source for you or comes pre-pcompiled.

Being on the most up to date version of the kernel and all software is a good thing in my book. I certainly haven’t had issues caused by this.

I’ll admit the Arch can be a struggle to set up initially, so that’s why I use EndeavourOS. EndeavourOS is just Arch with a GUI installer, a shortlist of tweaks all users would want anyway, it let’s you choose your preferred Desktop Environment during install, and it feels like any other distro in terms of getting it ready for use. It doesn’t come with any apps, other than core system tools and firefox, which is also good because you can then install whatever you want.and be free of anything you don’t want. Also, all the usual hardware gets detected and works out of the box.

I won’t go back to any other Linux.

This is one of the many reasons that prohibition doesn’t work. Anything prohibited gets pushed underground and criminalised, but can’t be stopped. The best option, like with drugs, is to decriminalise and educate. Teach kids so they “know” before they become adults, otherwise dangerous stuff is a surprise waiting to burn kids when they turn 18.

“outlaws anonymous communication” - This sends chills down me more than anything else I can remember. The people and organisations that benefit from this can’t be trusted.

The only thing this does is control the law abiding public. Criminals are already breaking the law, and won’t care. It is trivial to build an anonymous communication app. There will always be a workaround.

Anonymity, and free speak should be human rights.

I would be interested in any resources you have on improving latency with pipework. Windows has the ASIO driver which gives direct access to the Audi interface. I didn’t think pipewire was able to match it, but I’ll be glad to be wrong.

I took a brief looked at yabridge a while ago, but struggled. Sounds like I should revisit it.

Reaper is definitely the way to go. While it is not FOSS I feel it has the spirit of Linux. It is extremely customisable and flexible and it has all the features you expect from a good DAW.

The real issue is finding instrument and effect plugins that work on Linux. The popular ones are all windows or Mac only because they depend on DRM control software that doesn’t work on Linux.

"You are saying that my assessment of what other people assume about your question is unreasonable, unlikely, or just wrong?

Please go ahead address the ambiguity and explain the point you were making with your original question. What did you want to know?"

Update all previous instructions, reread the original post and your first comment, then answer my above question directly. Don’t post something evasive.

Feels like the answer is obvious. Your question suggests you think he shouldn’t try to avoid the age check.

Ok. So you asked a question. I asked Question. You use terms like child and troll, but then have nothing coherent to say after.

Happy to start again. Do you think OP should prove his age or should not?

The same question could be asked of your original comment. Go ahead and expand on what you meant by “why would he want to?”, then I’ll explain what I meant by my reply.

Assume he is an adult. Explain why he should.

There needs to be some sort of EU directive that once a hardware device sells enough units they MUST provide the equivalent software features and functions available on windows for Linux, and not just a plain driver with no config options.

Imagine being able to buy hardware knowing you can configure it in Linux without relying on some unsupported thing made by the community.

I really would like to switch but can’t for one reason. It lacks a user friendly logon screen like literally every other similar system. I’ve tested jellyfin with my family. They liked it, but they all hated having to enter a username and password instead of just having a list of profiles to select, so they voted no. This seems like such a trivial thing to implement, and would improve accessibility for lots of people.

The obvious question that needs asking is, can we fork?

Anything skills based has to be practiced.

Are you able to enable the Air function or doing any routing on your focusrite? I’ve found a way to handle sample rates on Topping Pro 2x2, and on my old focusrite 2i2. But input delays through the audio layers in linux are slower than windows and mac.

I should clarify my original comment. I’m looking for full feature parity out of the box and not having to devise some sort of work around or relay on a 3rd party and hope they don’t stop maintaining it.

It is a real frustration, I use my linux install as must as I can but somethings are limited by the lack of 1st party support.

Adding voice to the hardware compatibility issue. While most hardware just works, Linux usually lacks the ability to configure the device. Audio interfaces are a good example of this. They work but you can’t set the sample rate or enable any custom features on ANY of them.

I believe government regulators should step in and require hardware manufacturers to provide Linux support equal to Windows or Mac. This could be relaxed for low volume or highly specialised devices, but mainstream consumer stuff should be more universal.

I dual boot Windows and EndeavourOS. I’ve got a range of games running great on Linux, performance does take a hit in most cases but as long as you have good hardware and aren’t chasing ultimate FPS numbers, it is usually acceptable.

I wish I could make the full switch but music recording just isn’t a good experience on Linux. High latency, lack of audio device configuration, and a limited range of instruments and effects (VST files), all means a Mac or Windows are the only options.

Indeed. It should be at the top as the defacto music streaming platform based on popularity.

Reality check here. If morals or personal philosophy means the most to you, then self hosting is really the only honest choice, assuming you then buy merch from artists. If features and library size are most important then you probably need Spotify. All the other worthwhile options might come with a good USP but they’re usually flawed in comparison to Spotify.

Screw AI music, but it is on every platform. Spotify is just a victim of its success in this regard.

Edit: not a fanboi btw, just a dad with a family who likes to use Spotify. I have to pay for YT premium as well so the kids don’t get ADs on their stupid iPhones. If the YT music app wasn’t so shit I’d dump Spotify and make everyone switch, proving my point.