Thanks to the pandemic, there was a sudden and significant shift in what we need on the desktop. Whether it's from the endless video conferences we suddenly had to join, requests to produce tutorial ...

I'm running Ubuntu Studio (just upgraded to 14.10) with a Presonus AudioBox 2x2 USB audio interface. For Christmas I got myself a new MXL 990s condenser mic (60% off, sweet!), but when I plug it in ...