Short version:
Please tell me your favourit distro(s) for making music and why.
Long version/my use case:
I've actually recently decided to migrate to a laptop setup from desktop. I've already decided on the laptop and will be running a dual boot setup. I think between SuperCollider, Pd, and Reaper, Linux could have me mostly (maybe completely) covered.
It's tempting to just go for Ubuntu Studio or AV Linux, as they seems to have plenty of stuff ready to go. But at the same time I kind of know the apps I want to use, and (I assume) I can just get them myself for just about any other distro. I don't want to pick a distro just because it comes with a bunch of semi-relevant stuff. But maybe it's worth doing just that?
If it helps, my background is DAWs (Cubase and Reaper mainly) with softsynth, a little bit of eurorack and a chunk of VCV Rack, and a sprinkling of MaxMSP. I also have a monome Norns shield, for which I am attempting to learn Lua. I have no background in programming but I am drawn to learning SuperCollider as well. I have both 5 pin and usb midi controllers, and a Steinberg UR22 mkII.
FWIW from a Linux newbie, I ended up going for a gaming laptop. I was originally going for a Thinkpad, but honestly, after doing some reading on how Linux runs on various laptops, everything seemed to have people stating they had no real issues and people stating they had lots.
So I took a risk and got myself a Gigabyte G5. Three storage slots (good for separating samples or recording, virtual instruments etc.), decent enough cpu, up to 64gb ram (nice to know the option is there just in case), and gpu that will let me edit some stuff in Resolve.
The CPU (i5-11400H) has very similar specs to my desktop PC, which is about 4 years old now, but has never once broken a sweat with many, many tracks of audio, multiple instances of Serum and other softsynth, reverbs and delays etc, and Addictive Drums 2. So I don't think you need a high end cpu, but something with a few cores.
For video editing, I seem to remember that will depend a lot on your software of choice, and how much you're pushing it. For example, I use Resolve, which draws a lot from gpu, whereas other software might need better cpu specs.
I haven't used Reaper, my DAW of chioce on it yet, but Pd and SuperCollider are working perfectly.
I'm not an expert though so take all of this for what it's worth!