A few days ago I asked about taking the big leap, but I use my PC for work in the arts (voice over, music, digital art, etc).

I’ve been playing around with Bitwig to replace Cubase and ideally Adobe Audition. It’s… a learning curve but I’m willing to make it work if I can get everything about my PC lined up with Linux.

I then discovered Wine and Proton. So, they’re basically bridges that allow you to use some Windows programs in Linux? I read they can use vst files with a bit of work, and people have had some success with Cubase, though Adobe is still right out but I’d love to get away from Adobe anyway. Also games??

Is there a difference between Wine and Proton or are they basically just different programs that do the same thing? The big leap might be more feasible than I thought if they do what I think they do.

Edit: This seems like it could suit most of my needs. I need to do more research into it but you guys answered my questions. Appreciate you all taking the time, thanks!

  • Luffy@lemmy.ml
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    7 天前

    So, they’re basically bridges that allow you to use some Windows programs in Linux?

    They are like really Bad cocaine. Sure, it may work, but if you want to give up that much time, might as well learn an alternative because the next version will need a new workaround.

    I read they can use vst files with a bit of work

    That’s an emulator.

    Is there a difference between Wine and Proton

    Proton-ge is a fork of proton is a fork of wine, which only exists because Wine isnt made for gaming specifically and proton can’t include a bunch of stuff because of legal reasons which enhance gaming further.

  • lordnikon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    15 天前

    Wine and proton are the same valve takes wine and adds some tweaks to it to work beter for games. Wine can work in a pinch but I wouldn’t rely on it for your workflow as wine could always be playing catch up when your software updates versions.

    Wine/Proton is a translation layer that translates windows system calls Linux system calls. So if wine/proton doesn’t have a feature windows has for your knew version then it will break. That’s okay for games but for something you need for work that can be a deal breaker. If you can switching to something Linux native will benefit you in the long run.

    • INeedMana@piefed.zipEnglish
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      15 天前

      Wine can work in a pinch but I wouldn’t rely on it

      In this case I would say the other way round. Proton works in a container, so getting to the sound interface for example might be harder than just using Wine