Linux users are the most helpful ever! Ableton live is my main one and I am not sure about the .vst plugins and how they would work on linux.
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Hey there,
not the same setup, but I just managed to make Live 10.1.42 work on Linux Mint. I'm sharing my steps with you and the world, maybe it helps. This was on a Lenovo T420 running Linux Mint 20.2 with 5.4.0-91-generic kernel.
My steps:
Install latest stable branch wine from winehq (right now, winehq-stable 6.0.2)
Run `winecfg`. In the applications tab, set Windows version to Windows 7.
Install winetricks (`apt install winetricks`), then use it to install extra libraries by running `winetricks vcrun2017 quicktime72 quartz`
Install Live `wine msiexec /i ~/Downloads/Setup.msi`
Make sure to start Live from the commandline via `wine ~/.wine/drive_c/ProgramData/Ableton/Live\ 10\ Suite/Program/Ableton\ Live\ 10\ suite.exe` to see any warnings/errors that pop up.
In my case, there was a warning `ntlm_auth was not found or is outdated` which was fixed by installing winbind: `apt install winbind`. Also, it crashed with `GLXBadFBConfig`. Setting the environment variable `MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=4.5` fixed the issue for me, see https://forum.winehq.org/viewtopic.php?p=135317#p135317.
Live should start now. Online authorization never worked for me in WINE [1], so follow the offline authorization instructions. I did it the conservative way (no drag & drop) by copying the auz file to `~/.wine/drive_c` and starting Live via `MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=4.5 wine ~/.wine/drive_c/ProgramData/Ableton/Live\ 10\ Suite/Program/Ableton\ Live\ 10\ suite.exe "C:\Authorize_0123-4567-.auz"`
Not all of these steps may be required (for example, the winetricks libraries are a mixture of what people reported on the internet to get Live going in WINE). Most importantly, I did not try this approach with Live 11.
[1] I spent several evenings trying to get Live 8.4.2 or Live 9.7.7 to run on the same machine. Whenever I did the offline authorization, it would tell me that authorization succeeded, then immediately after it would switch back to disabling saving and exporting. In Live 10, offline authorization "just worked".
Also, if one goes overboard with installing Live in too many WINE prefixes, it will refuse to authorize at some point because one has maxed out on one's number of authorizations. I contacted support over it, they were friendly and gave me an extension.
Here's the link https://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?t=244162