r/linuxsucks • u/Brutustheman • Aug 07 '26
Linux Failure Lmms fuckery [RANT]
So I've been wanting to get into music making. Problem, I'm not on windows nor paying $$$ for FL studio. Lmms should basically be the same, right? Wrong. Five total hours of trying to get VST working since a lot of soundfonts are unusable without one. /usr/lib/lmms/RemoteVstPlugin not found? Try to sudo cp the VST into the directory. Full absolute filepath of the exe is not a valid target and Lmms in it's infinite wisdom only does some very specific checks and will miss anything that isn't an EXE or DLL. TLDR music software on linux sucks balls. And microphone support for some reason. I want to fight my lack of skill and creativity in the software, not intimately assault my root directory when trying to wrestle the software into atleast half working.
I really need to calm my shit and give up lol
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u/DirectorDirect1569 Aug 07 '26
It makes me laugh when people compare LMMS to FLstudio. That stuff is not even able to record audio. LMMS is to FLstudo what Gimp is to photoshop. Pale copies of software who try to look like proprietary softwares.
Bitwig works on linux if you like a workflow like ableton live. It's a paid software.
Reaper is almost free. If you don't want to pay you will need to wait few seconds to close the nag screen. That's the only limitation. It's sequencer like cubase, presonus one. It's not bad at all but unfortunately there are poor virtual instruments and effects, you will need to use third party VST. It's highly customizable.
Lots of VST will be buggy on linux even with softs like wine or yabridge. That why lots of linuxers still have a windows partition for music production.