I've been using Ubuntu Studio for a while for photography (and even for that I tend to add a darktable PPA). However when I recently started looking into the possibility of using it for music applications (beyond just playing music), I noticed that it didn't give you what KX Studio can give you. Of course you can add KX Studio to Ubuntu Studio, so that doesn't present too much of an obstacle to using Ubuntu Studio as a base.
Recently, however, I discovered that Ubuntu Studio is in danger of ending development this year, depending on how much interest they can muster in management and development positions for the project. I certainly hope that they stay afloat, but I'm starting to look at alternatives just in case.
It seems I could tweak Xubuntu, add KX Studio and photography and video editing apps, and apparently a Liquorix kernel, and get back the functionality that would be lost, plus some extra. In fact, I think perhaps a vicious cycle has formed where users and developers have contributed to each other's loss of interest in the project leading to the precarious position the project is in right now. I'd love to see a comeback because I've used Ubuntu Studio as a starting point for my desktop systems for years, but I'm constructing a backup plan just the same.
It seems to me that most people who are really concerned with high music quality, especially for headphone listening or in a quiet room alone, get a dedicated sound card rather than using Intel's built in 'HDA' audio. That goes double for anyone making recordings.
I've been using Ubuntu Studio for a while for photography (and even for that I tend to add a darktable PPA). However when I recently started looking into the possibility of using it for music applications (beyond just playing music), I noticed that it didn't give you what KX Studio can give you. Of course you can add KX Studio to Ubuntu Studio, so that doesn't present too much of an obstacle to using Ubuntu Studio as a base.
Recently, however, I discovered that Ubuntu Studio is in danger of ending development this year, depending on how much interest they can muster in management and development positions for the project. I certainly hope that they stay afloat, but I'm starting to look at alternatives just in case.
It seems I could tweak Xubuntu, add KX Studio and photography and video editing apps, and apparently a Liquorix kernel, and get back the functionality that would be lost, plus some extra. In fact, I think perhaps a vicious cycle has formed where users and developers have contributed to each other's loss of interest in the project leading to the precarious position the project is in right now. I'd love to see a comeback because I've used Ubuntu Studio as a starting point for my desktop systems for years, but I'm constructing a backup plan just the same.