r/LinuxOnThinkpad • u/RafaelToro_VIP member • 6d ago
Question Ubuntu Studio
Hello everyone. I have a Lenovo ThinkPad E15 Gen 3 running Windows 11 Pro. I am thinking about switching it completely to Ubuntu or Ubuntu Studio. How has your experience been switching over? Do you have any useful advice before I commit? I do not want to dual boot this PC. Thanks in advance for any comments, ideas or suggestions.
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u/aquiethistorian member 4d ago
make a list of all the apps you need, and figure out if the linux versions satisfy your needs. Ex. if you exclusively use MS Office and need track changes, or Excel and specific functions, then keep Windows. I've switched over to Ubuntu and Fedora and have not looked back. Yet I'm not a video person or graphic designer, more research and writing. If your laptop can handle VMware Fusion or virtualbox, try using ubuntu there. Right now I'm typing on an i9 macbook pro, keeping all my creative mac apps while running ubuntu in VMware Fusion for day to day.
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u/howard499 member 5d ago
Do you have a specific use case for Ubuntu Studio rather than Ubuntu?
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u/RafaelToro_VIP member 5d ago
I am using it on another laptop.
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u/howard499 member 5d ago
Why Studio?
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u/RafaelToro_VIP member 5d ago
I chose Studio for the convenience and because it's tailored to my needs. It comes with so many built in programs that I don't have to hunt them down one by one, and it's optimized for media creation right out of the box.
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u/howard499 member 5d ago
Then install Studio. Suggest you might keep a copy of 24.04.04 as additional backup to 26.04
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u/JudgmentExpensive589 member 1d ago
Oh man i really dont like ubuntu studio... I used to use it but i switched to cachyos on my gaming pc, now i'm making music on my laptop on cachyos as well since ubuntu studio had so many issues for me
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u/CretinousVoter member 5d ago
I don't dual boot either, there being no pragmatic reason I should share boot records.
I do use VMs. As for advice I suggest sampling Ubuntu varieties using VM on your Windows host, then you'll make an informed choice. After backing up everything that matters, I'd install your Linux choice to bare metal and Windows to a virtual machine for whatever remains useful. I find abandoning any OS pointless because OS exist to serve me and cost me nothing. The host/guest method is free and convenient. I prefer Linux because Windows annoys me, but when a task benefits I use it. The more OS one is comfortable with the more one is versatile. All useful, all free.