HOLY MOLY

ooh I wonder if this is why there’s a mysterious line outside my local Best Buy on some random fridays

I don’t even get where their angst is coming from, Pokémon has ALWAYS printed into the ground, that’s their whole thing. Watch any video of a dealer doing a kid a favor and they’ll happily turn over a “$50” card to make that kid’s day because they know they will have no problem getting more

Primer: “Draw battle of wits, GLHF”

VirtualBox tends to be totally fine (if annoying since it’s one more surface you have to maintain) - no idea how it will behave with drum sequencing tbh.

You could always learn Strudel: strudel.cc

Depending on the program/what you need it to do, there may be alternatives - check osalt.com - and/or you can use a VM/dual boot, so it’s not a total bust

The best way to see if it works with your hardware is to do a bootable thumb drive kind of setup first - if it doesn’t, you can easily just revert to whatever you’re using now.

Since you mentioned music production, you’ll want to research whatever gear and software you use for that to validate compatibility.

Drivers *can* be a problem, especially if you have peculiar hardware or accessories. Your main system hardware almost certainly has support.

Mint is a good all-round platform. Bazzite is good for gaming. Arch is powerful and flexible but has a steep learning curve

I’m mad about how perfect this is

This sounds like a feature, not a bug