I third bitwig, especially for an Ableton user. It was developed by former Ableton developers and is supposed to be similar to it. It’s available as an official flatpak, and it has a 30 day(?) free trial. Some people seem to even like Bitwig better than Ableton. I’ve been seeing a bunch of videos on YouTube about people moving from Ableton to Bitwig after trying it out.

From what I understand, aside from whether the DAW you like will work you also need to check whether the VST plugins you like will work.

https://drewdevault.com/2025/09/24/2025-09-24-Cloudflare-and-fascists.html

For the time being we’re using Rufus to bypass TPM and other hardware requirements so we can install Windows 11 on everything.

Heads up, Microsoft has stated that they do not support machines that don’t meet requirements and that those machines may stop receiving security updates at any time.