By releasing version 3.0.3 RC1, Audacity digital audio editor finally adds official Linux binary support!
It’s the 64-bit Appimage package that runs in most Linux Distributions. Without installing, it’s a single executable that launches the software via double-click.
Other changes in Audacity 3.0.3 so far includes:
- switch to 64-bit Windows binary, and drop Windows XP support.
- Improved default spectrogram colors
- Fix user interface display issue on HiDPI display in Linux.
- Fix that font size scales incorrectly.
- Fix crashes with Macros on files when the macro-output folder is in an unwriteable location
- No error message when attempting to save to SMB drive
- Fix Macros running on files can’t be cancelled
To get the Audacity Appimage, go to:
Once you get it, add executable permission in file Properties dialog. Then click run to open the editor: