[0cf8612b2e1e]

I recently needed to do some sound editing, and I had a dreadful experience with Tenacity. Running on PopOS, I encountered many crashes doing simple manipulations. Even trying to scroll while playing audio ostensibly resulted in a crash. Small favor, the restore-unsaved-work functionality did save me several times.

Eventually, I held my nose and ran Audacity in a VM, and not a single crash.

[nine_k]

Running in a VM is drastic. I'd go for bubblewrap, or a plain container. Can cut network access all right.

[0cf8612b2e1e]

Indeed, there are other options, but a VM is the only one in which I feel safe that I do not screw up the configuration somehow. Docker can punch through a firewall, what other “obvious” settings exist in whatever lockdown option I pick?

Barring a VM escape exploit, I know that my private data is not getting exposed.

[Intralexical]

Ardour's pro-grade, isn't it? Maybe not as easy to start with as Audacity, but surely easier and more useful to set up than Audacity in a VM.

[djur]

If you don't trust Audacity, why would you trust Ardour?

[djur]

Why would you run Audacity in a VM?