For all the hate pulse gets, my microphone works more reliably under GNU/Linux than under Windows these days. 2020 is weird, man. I remain deeply suspicious of

For all the hate pulse gets, my microphone works more reliably under GNU/Linux than under Windows these days. 2020 is weird, man. I remain deeply suspicious of second-system-effect "let's replace everything about $THING", but pulse has matured well.