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I know this has been posted sometime in the past, but is there any indication that Ableton Live will get a Linux release/support?

I appreciate that WiNE exists, however every time I have tried to run Ableton with it is has been a horrible experience with many latency issues for larger projects.

With the advent of SteamOS and a bunch of other Linux-based competitors to the ever-worsening Windows, surely Ableton must be considering a Linux release soon?

The only thing keeping me from migrating to Linux fully is the fact that Ableton isn't supported there; I'm fully bought-in to Ableton so could never migrate to Linux fully because of that. The audio experience on Windows is truly awful and I am constantly having to troubleshoot driver conflicts.

Ableton if you're out there, please consider giving Linux a proper release! I'm certain that with the proper support the performance will drastically beat out Windows.

Completely agree! I recently switched off Windows after two reinstalls and constant crashing. I have to maintain a dual boot config just to run Ableton. Ableton is the only app I cannot run in Linux at this point. With Steam support, the marketshare is going to explode. Bazzite which is a super popular distro has seen a 100% increase in adoption in the last 6 months.

Go look at the Windows OS stats. Windows 11 is losing market share and many people are so fed up with it, Windows 7 saw a 5% market share increase. People would rather run Windows 7 than Windows 11. Windows 11 is bloated with AI, telemetry, and ads. I am not comfortable with the amount of data MS is farming out of the OS.

I never agreed that Linux would take any significant marketshare until Steam supported games. With this new reality, Linux desktop marketshare will be at 10% in a year and increase 5-10% year after year.

a solution to a problem that doesn't exist

when you have issue with Linux - search the web for solutions and still no answer

Uhh - don't quite understand your reply. I look up solutions to issues all the time online. AI is great at providing solutions to many Linux issues. There is a larger support and user base with Linux than any other OS.

smccarthy945 wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 17, 2026 10:35 pm

Uhh - don't quite understand your reply. I look up solutions to issues all the time online. AI is great at providing solutions to many Linux issues. There is a larger support and user base with Linux than any other OS.

Uh no they are not.............

Delusional

Hi all,
Please use this Linux thread instead.
I'm locking this one.
thx!