Audacity Forum

Thanks for enlightening us, Neil. What you say certainly seems to add up.

For users of Ubuntu 20.04, and derivatives, I've posted simple step-by-step instructions here: https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?p=398471#p398471 I'm using Mint 19.3 which I think is based on Ubuntu 18.04. Some packages are already present but cmake, for example, is older than the one ne...

Because there is no single build that will work on all 'Nix OS's, and we don't have the resources to build and test multiple versions for Linux. Currently there isn't even agreement about "universal" packages, as Flatpak, Snapd, AppImage, PortableLinuxApps, Zero Install, Autopackage ... vie for dom...

I would like to ask why Audacity users running Linux seem to be the poor relation when it comes to getting a robust installation package. Prior to the release of version 2.4.1 I never had any problems with updates from the ubuntuhandbook1 PPA. However, as the numerous forums posts show, that version...

Still have the problem with 2.4.1 on my desktop but I found that if I double-click on the top of the Audacity window twice I get the correct display. This "solves" the problem when Audacity opens without a file as well as when a project is closed. Sorry Bert, I've just seen your PM but I am not abl...

I am having exactly the same problem and I am also using Linux Mint 19.3 (64-bit). Not only is there a small strip of my desktop showing when no project is open but the small Audacity splash screen that used to appear is being replaced with a chuck of my desktop too.