With support ending for Windows 10, the most popular desktop operating system in the world currently, possibly 240 million pcs may be sent to the landfill. This is mostly due to Windows 11’s exorbitant requirements. This will most likely result in many pcs being immediately outdated, and prone to viruses. GNU/Linux may be these computers’ only secure hope, what do you think?

  • Bleeping Lobster@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This is interesting and concerning… I don’t need a lot of plugins for live stuff, but I was definitely planning to use my Maschine!

    So is that confirmed completely inoperable in Linux? No idea how I’d trigger parts without it.

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      1 year ago

      At most, you might be able to get midi mode to work (if you scrounge the internet for experimental and old reverse engineered scripts.) But almost certainly not the core Maschine functionality (ie - the main reason for buying maschine in the first place).

      Even if you can get it to work none of it will be supported and you’re always at risk of an update rendering things inoperable.

      It’s worth noting that only the old Native Access installer runs in wine (with coaxing). The newer one does not, and from what I’ve read, the break points are features that will never be supported in wine.

      Wine is clever, but it’s always an incomplete game of whackamole. A workaround at best.

      The whole thing is truly frustrating.

      (your luck may be better than mine of course!)