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.
In addition to this, you can customise your own key bindings for a ridiculous amount of actions and even chains of actions. You can potentially perform fairly complex tasks with a single key. With enough repition you can quickly perform almost any process you like without thinking too much about it. The tricky part, at first, is figuring out what name the thing you're thinking of is given in the Reaper action list.