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As someone who has a fairly basic use case for something like Pipewire - I switched to it about a year ago and hope to never switch back. Everything just works

by kn100 5y ago

As someone who has a fairly basic use case for something like Pipewire - I switched to it about a year ago and hope to never switch back. Everything just works properly - and some of the value added stuff we have now (Easyeffects inside a Flatpak sandbox comes to mind) are very cool and work extremely well. My thanks to the developers, who have done an AMAZING job of building a realistic alternative. There is a lot of REALLY good software coming out for Desktop Linux recently. Wayland, Pipewire, Wireguard, etc!

phkahler 5y ago
>> There is a lot of REALLY good software coming out for Desktop Linux recently. Wayland, Pipewire, Wireguard, etc! etc indeed: OBS Studio VLC Ardour, LMMS, MuseScore LibreOffice (Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Base) GnuCash, Scribus, Dark Table, Inkscape, Krita, Blender, Synfig Studio, Gimp KiCAD, LibreCAD, FreeCAD, OpenScad, Solvespace, Slic3er And untold others that are incredibly useful.
- encryptluks2 5y ago
  Many of programs you mention are useful, but not new and really aren't that great at showcasing a great user experience.
- 127 5y ago
  I would single out both Krita and Blender. Both are fantastic projects that really elevate what you can do artistically with free software.
stncls 5y ago
> Everything just works properly Not to mention the drastically lower CPU usage compared to its predecessor [1] and general lack of bugs. > There is a lot of REALLY good software coming out Agreed, but I would still single out PipeWire as being particularly outstanding. None of the other examples are as new, or as uncontroversial. Anecdotically, when I look at the comment section of any PipeWire article here, I see basically universal (and enthusiastic) praise. In my case, it comes from the fact that so many sound servers have existed before, and none were even close to satisfactory, until now. It seems genuinely like a hard problem. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28502614 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28502614
- spear 5y ago
  Yeah, that's why I switched my Fedora systems to Pipewire before it became the default. At some point, Pulseaudio CPU usage went up so much that the fans on even my desktop system were noticeably spinning up. Maybe it was a Pulseaudio regression that was eventually fixed but I never looked back.

by kn100 5y ago

phkahler 5y ago

>> There is a lot of REALLY good software coming out for Desktop Linux recently. Wayland, Pipewire, Wireguard, etc! etc indeed: OBS Studio VLC Ardour, LMMS, MuseScore LibreOffice (Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Base) GnuCash, Scribus, Dark Table, Inkscape, Krita, Blender, Synfig Studio, Gimp KiCAD, LibreCAD, FreeCAD, OpenScad, Solvespace, Slic3er And untold others that are incredibly useful.

encryptluks2 5y ago
Many of programs you mention are useful, but not new and really aren't that great at showcasing a great user experience.
127 5y ago
I would single out both Krita and Blender. Both are fantastic projects that really elevate what you can do artistically with free software.

stncls 5y ago

> Everything just works properly Not to mention the drastically lower CPU usage compared to its predecessor [1] and general lack of bugs. > There is a lot of REALLY good software coming out Agreed, but I would still single out PipeWire as being particularly outstanding. None of the other examples are as new, or as uncontroversial. Anecdotically, when I look at the comment section of any PipeWire article here, I see basically universal (and enthusiastic) praise. In my case, it comes from the fact that so many sound servers have existed before, and none were even close to satisfactory, until now. It seems genuinely like a hard problem. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28502614 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28502614

spear 5y ago
Yeah, that's why I switched my Fedora systems to Pipewire before it became the default. At some point, Pulseaudio CPU usage went up so much that the fans on even my desktop system were noticeably spinning up. Maybe it was a Pulseaudio regression that was eventually fixed but I never looked back.