As I am leaving little by little Windows for Linux, I would appreciate to use my VST Live licenses on linux.
It seems easier to port VST Live than Cubase (but I am also waiting some move from Steinberg in this area) because its dev team knows the history….
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Hi! If you know Linux, you know how much distros are and the package-managers (and builds) are also slightly different….
MacOS is closer to linux, maybe better going to that direction, no?
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No, same pb as Windows.
And the number of distributions is not a real pb, there are main ones based on same building blocks.
Is there any other software from Steinberg for Linux? I’m not aware of, so I don’t think, VSTL will be.
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For example?
I’d ask another question: which audio interface manufacturers officially release drivers for Linux?
Because, I once spoke with an Audient representative, and he said it seemed to work, but they weren’t officially planning on making any drivers for Linux, especially redesigning the ID mixer.
Ubuntu, Ubuntu Studio, Mint, Fedora, etc.
The most used base system is Debian, it is for example the base for Ubuntu. There are also professional Distros like RedHat and SuSE and their corresponding free releases AlmaLinux and OpenSuSE.
For Audio optimized distros you can take Ubuntu Studio, AV Linux (MX Edition) or LibraZiK.
Yes but you don’t need drivers, linux can handle audio interfaces with very small latency. Especially with the real time kernel.
And some windows vst3 plugins can run using an emulation as yabridge. But there are native ones also.
I understand that you were missing one thread Cubase and Nuendo Support for Linux , have all Linux users decided to move here now?)
I don’t think we need VST Live for Linux right now, as it would take time away from the development and stability of the product itself, which is already far from ideal. But overall, your position is clear: (We couldn’t get through to Steinberg in the Cubase thread, so we decided to try our luck here.)
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taking about two different packages and also little differences in dependencies just with the mentioned distros and the list is much longer…
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had been using linux distros for different areas since 2002… also won’t forget the moment when the PC magazine had a bundled SuSE installer that I first inserted to my DVD drive. Worked with CentOS, etc…
that time the “geeks” were laughing when someone installed X and/or changed from a Debian to Ubuntu… so we could raise this topic, but I don’t think, it’s place is on VSTLive forum 
I still maintenance Linux server this days, also have a Docker contained one for a very special task. I belive, it’s still not that simple and obvious.
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For its dev, VST Live is certainly far easier to move to linux than Cubase and Nuendo.
Why would they do this? Just because you personally don’t like Windows? Is it spying on you? Do you possess state secrets? Yes, it’s precisely these kinds of arguments from the majority that make me laugh.
And it’s not just about official audio interface support; there’s also accompanying software. RME has TotalMix, Audient ID Mixer, which is definitely not supported, etc.
(Some VST3 plugins for Windows) I’m also not happy with this. Why look for workarounds if it doesn’t work natively? Today, developers support Yabridge and Wine, but tomorrow they’ll get tired of it and abandon the software.
Not a single Steinberg representative has responded to you, not even in this thread: Cubase and Nuendo Support for Linux . If there was any interest, you would definitely have seen a reply.
What’s the pb?