okay shall i try to set up Bitwig on Linux next

[ahihi@anticapitalist.party]

well guess what. the drag and drop doesnt work in X either

[ahihi@anticapitalist.party]

fine. i will not drag and drop files

[ipaschke@cyberplace.social]

@ahihi Haha, that tripped me up so hard when I switched to Linux a few weeks ago. At first I thought my audio file was broken or in an unsupported format or something. I haven't found a file manager I like for Linux anyway, so Bitwig's built in one isn't that much more terrible...

[ahihi@anticapitalist.party]

@ipaschke i dont love Dolphin, but at least it has usable keyboard navigation. the Bitwig one not so much

[ahihi@anticapitalist.party]

next challenge: i cannot scroll in the arranger

[ahihi@anticapitalist.party]

oh wait this is that thing where it wants you to use modifier keys with a touchpad for some reason

[ipaschke@cyberplace.social]

@ahihi I still haven't figured out basic things like "sort by type, then by date" with Dolphin. I didn't think I would miss Windows Explorer of all things...

[ahihi@anticapitalist.party]

right so basically horizontal scrolling on the touchpad doesnt work, vertical works in steps (not smoothly)

[ahihi@anticapitalist.party]

alt + vertical scroll does steppy horizontal scrolling. ctrl + alt + vertical scroll does steppy zoom

[ahihi@anticapitalist.party]

Improved two finger touchpad scroll and gestures on Linux

At the moment, Bitwig’s Linux touchpad support is lacking: There is no way to scroll horizontally with the touchpad Two finger scrolling is done in discrete jumps, rather than a smooth scroll No gesture support (2 fing…

Bitwish (bitwish.top)

2021

[ahihi@anticapitalist.party]

the thing is, i can work with this but what are the chances of this stuff ever getting fixed? do i want to keep spending money on upgrades if basic workflows remain a struggle?