Will Ableton ever... EVER be made available on Linux, with equivilant quality to OSX & MS?
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2022 7:46 am
Perhaps this should have gone in the wish list part of this forum, oh well.
I've just been wondering this for a long time now. I've long preferred Linux to basically any operating system since around the time Windows XP hit the scene. I went to Debian, and really loved it, and basically didn't look back until I found myself wanting to game on PC. This meant for years I was always running dual operating systems, which is a pain in the ass, and honestly... just seems so unnecessary after years and years of doing it.
I haven't played any video games at all really for about 4-5 years... about the same time as I started making music with Ableton.... however I found myself in the exact same problem as before. Dual boot, using Windows for Ableton and my plugins, and thats about it. Beyond that, I have no use for it. I want to go back to Linux so bad.
I've mucked around with all the newest distro's that are available. They have really come a long way. Its hard for me to believe that Ubuntu, or Linux Mint, or Debian, or Arch, etc etc can't run this piece of software.
There are people who try. Try running it WINE, or with VMware or whatever. Some people have switched to BitWig, as it was Linux friendly right out the gate... However, as I expected, it seems absolutely everyone who has made this shift has experienced the same thing everyone else has. Issues with plugins, VST's not functioning properly. I dunno. It all just seems so troublesome.
All I want is to run Ableton 11 suite on Linux... Even if its one of the easier more popular distros like Ubuntu or Mint. Shit... Mint is really really nice. A lot nicer than windows 11 thats for sure.
So like... is this ever... EVER going to happen? Is it even being worked on do you think? I know Linux users are probably less than 1% of the overall PC user base... but I'm also confident that there are THOUSANDS of people out there in my exact position that would appreciate some compatibility with open source operating systems.
Will it ever happen?
I've just been wondering this for a long time now. I've long preferred Linux to basically any operating system since around the time Windows XP hit the scene. I went to Debian, and really loved it, and basically didn't look back until I found myself wanting to game on PC. This meant for years I was always running dual operating systems, which is a pain in the ass, and honestly... just seems so unnecessary after years and years of doing it.
I haven't played any video games at all really for about 4-5 years... about the same time as I started making music with Ableton.... however I found myself in the exact same problem as before. Dual boot, using Windows for Ableton and my plugins, and thats about it. Beyond that, I have no use for it. I want to go back to Linux so bad.
I've mucked around with all the newest distro's that are available. They have really come a long way. Its hard for me to believe that Ubuntu, or Linux Mint, or Debian, or Arch, etc etc can't run this piece of software.
There are people who try. Try running it WINE, or with VMware or whatever. Some people have switched to BitWig, as it was Linux friendly right out the gate... However, as I expected, it seems absolutely everyone who has made this shift has experienced the same thing everyone else has. Issues with plugins, VST's not functioning properly. I dunno. It all just seems so troublesome.
All I want is to run Ableton 11 suite on Linux... Even if its one of the easier more popular distros like Ubuntu or Mint. Shit... Mint is really really nice. A lot nicer than windows 11 thats for sure.
So like... is this ever... EVER going to happen? Is it even being worked on do you think? I know Linux users are probably less than 1% of the overall PC user base... but I'm also confident that there are THOUSANDS of people out there in my exact position that would appreciate some compatibility with open source operating systems.
Will it ever happen?