There’s a famous saying that “data that’s not backed up is data you’re prepared to lose.” I used Windows for a very long time, and managed to lose quite a bit of data back in the day because of either Windows Update bricking the system or just wanting to reinstall the OS (Windows has a habit of losing performance over time - easiest fix is a fresh install). I had been performing backups manually to an external hard disk, frequently forgot to backup something critical, and only had backups when I cared to make them (i.

Linux does a lot of things well. Music production is not usually one of them, mainly due to a lack of good programs available on Linux. Fortunately FL Studio, one of the most popular DAWs out there works flawlessly through Wine. Wine is a Windows compatibility layer for Linux. You can often run Windows programs with it, though personally, my success has been mixed (especially for performance critical applications like videogames).