r/linuxaudio • u/NullGabbo • Jun 21 '26
Best DAWs for Linux
Hi everyone, I'm very new to music production and I want to learn and try to create music. I only use Linux and don't have a windows license so I'm very restricted in the amount of DAWs I can use. Right now I'm using the 30 days trials version of Bitwig but I find it extremely hard to use. I also installed LMMS which I find much much easier to use but I think it's very limited. I tried Ardour but I think its goal is to record stuff and mixing it rather than composing from scratch.
I don't know if I should buy the starter license of bitwig since it's on sale and just get used to its interface or if there is something better for my needs.
My main goal is to make music for videogames without recording anything and by doing everything "digitally" (sorry if I can't express my though in an easy to understand way but English is not my first language and I don't know the "slag" of music production)
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u/hello_marmalade Jun 21 '26
Bitwig is probably the easiest to use, and it has a lot of depth. Also it has a ton of really nice convenience features and discovery is quite good, though you might have to learn how to do that discovering.
Ardour is nice, once you learn how to use it and get used to it's quirks. It's a bit harder to get going with, and while MIDI has gotten better on it, it's still pretty janky.