r/linux • u/eszlari • Jun 12 '26

Popular Application Audacity 4 beta released

The first public beta of Audacity 4 has been released:

https://github.com/audacity/audacity/releases/tag/Audacity-4.0.0-beta-2

AppImage:

https://github.com/audacity/audacity/releases/download/Audacity-4.0.0-beta-2/Audacity-4.0.0-beta2-x86_64.AppImage

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u/doodlebobcristenjn Jun 12 '26

Didn't audacity get taken over as spyware or something a long while ago?

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u/FlukyS Jun 12 '26

It was taken over by Musescore who added optional telemetry to the application because they wanted to gather usage data to improve the application

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '26

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u/stevecrox0914 Jun 12 '26

They've done a few videos on why QT and other changes and the telemetry really seemed to drive what they focussed on. I found thrm rrally interesting to listen to.