I will have to disagree with that, as you can use Yabridge for the Windows VST's when using Wine, provided they don't require iLok. While yes, there is an issue with iLok (because I think they hate Linux users), you could still get a great selection of things specifically for the likes of Ardour, Reaper, Bitwig, LMMS, and other options. My producer, Neigsendoig, and I use Ardour and Zrythm. As for Cakewalk and Ableton, I could see how they don't work. Apparently, FL Studio can with WINE ASIO from what Neigsendoig researched.

Neither of us would recommend a Mac at all, due to Mac being basically BSD, but with code that could raise major privacy concerns. I think Sendo (Neigsendoig) has tutorials on CoculesNation about setting up Linux for music production.

I thought Bluesky was centralized, but not fully centralized. My producer thought this, but I wanted a second opinion on it. Do you happen to use Bluesky, by chance, and that happened to be how you know this?

I just have almost everything sensitive on a local machine. If I need backups, I can do local backups on something like a USB drive of sorts.

I use Obsidian for my scripts, and potentially business contracts, so I don't make my private information public.

BlueSky is partially centralized due to most users utilizing a specific instance. Not to mention that it's now unusable in the UK due to the Online Safety Act of 2023 now being enforced with age verification.

Windows 10 has support ending for it in October. Linux will probably be the only way to go.

I would NOT recommend biting the bullet for Windows 11. If you want to use it, just make sure you have a virtual machine of Windows 11, and have specific purposes for it. That way, you'll be able to sandbox the data as necessary.

The UK is owned by a different country. That country is Italy, where the Roman Catholic Church resides. Any Catholic-owned platform will shut down anything that goes against the RCC, or at best, they'll just minimize the reach for those who have some things to say against the Jesuits and Catholic leadership.

That's from what my producer, Neigsendoig, researched.

All the dependencies are stored in the AppImage itself. You can even make an AppImage.home folder so you can make it portable. That's from my research on the matter, though I use them myself.

Neigsendoig (my producer) and I started to shy away from Flatpaks. We've hated Snap already, and rather distro packages, third-party compiled packages and AppImages.

My producer, Neigsendoig, might have a good start, as I edited for him in the past.

What he tends to do is be more analytical with his work. However, in my personal opinion, based upon what you're going for, I would personally say to find your speaking style, and then advertise to that specific demographic. Sendo (as Neigsendoig is usually referred to) tends to stick with what he does, especially when it comes to his discussions.

Long story short, find something you're passionate about, and talk about it. YouTubers tend to well when they stick to what they're best at.

So Collective Shout is doing the same to them, aren't they?

Neigsendoig and I happened to be Linux users since 2020. We're actually glad to see that people are noticing the writing on the wall.

It was inevitable.