DidacticDumbass

Everything you typed out was a painful rediscovery on my part. I basically had to ignore my principles at every moment, but using Windows eventually became too gross, I had to get out.

For the money I spent experimenting with proprietary software, I could have donated to projects making the alternatives.

This is not a lesson I will need to learn again.

Rent-seeking. That is a term I finally see defined.

I do not mind buying software, it is continuously paying for it that feels wrong.

Studio One looks amazing! I am super interested in spatial audio.

I have so much to learn.

Nice!! Linux has so many options for DAWs I never realized.

Nice. My laptop is a 2014 MacBook Air, so running GIMP turns all the silicon into starch. Glad there is a web alternative!

Okay, I will drop the hundred for a Bitwig license because I know it is worth it.

This is what I needed! I have gone through every distro, including my favorite MX Linux, but settled on Linux Mint because it works better than everything else.

Nah, for all the pain, I still rather be on linux.

I have tried to use and like KDE so many times... I always go back to XFCE or GNOME.

Yes, Syncthing seems like the right solution. I don't need to have files in someone elses computer, I just need certain files in all of my computers.

Wow, thank you for the guide. I will try it out as soon as I can.

I truly do not generate that much stuff either. I am also not that precious with stuff I do make. I ak pretty sure I have a smaller SSD I can copy the image to, so no spending extra.