Linux Audio Setup Scripts

By Brendan Ingram

This repository contains scripts and guides to get you running with a Linux system capable of professional audio engineering and music production.

How do I use this?

Find your distribution in the list below, click the link, and run the SINGLE command listed at the top of the file - easy!

Which distribution do you recommend?

As of January 2025, I have used Fedora for the last couple of years and have been extremely happy with the performance and stability of this for my particular audio/music scenarios.

Supported distributions:

• Arch
  • Pipewire
• Debian
  • Debian 11 (bullseye) JACK
  • Debian 12 (bookworm) Pipewire
• Fedora
  • Fedora 35 Pipewire
  • Fedora 36 Pipewire
  • Fedora 37 Pipewire
  • Fedora 38 Pipewire
  • Fedora 40 Pipewire
  • Fedora 41 Pipewire
• KDE Neon
  • 20.04 (based on focal) Pipewire
  • 22.04 (based on jammy) Pipewire
• Manjaro
  • Pipewire
• Mint
  • 20 (uma)
  • 21 (vanessa)
• Ubuntu
  • 20.04 (focal) Pipewire
  • 22.04 (jammy) Pipewire
  • 22.10 (kinetic) Pipewire
• Zorin OS
  • 16

Notes:

SSH clone this repository

git clone git@github.com:brendaningram/linux-audio-setup-scripts.git

To add yourself as a sudo user with no password

su -c "echo '$USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL' > /etc/sudoers.d/$USER"