I’ve been using Arch (BTW) for a few years now. I would only consider switching to something non-Arch if they started enshittifying like Windows. I don’t see that happening though.

How is Tenacity compared to Audacity? Are plugins implemented in tenacity, and if so, do audacity plugins work in tenacity?

What shenanigans? What have they been doing?

For my classes, certain ones required Visual Studios, but for the most part, you can just run that in a VM (or use JetBrains substitutes if you can). However, if you’re doing game design or development, a VM might not preform well unless you have a GPU passthrough setup.