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Sound on Linux is the one thing that seems to be more confusing 25 years later. I can remember scouring Usenet/mailing lists trying to research which soundblast

by dfc 3y ago

Sound on Linux is the one thing that seems to be more confusing 25 years later. I can remember scouring Usenet/mailing lists trying to research which soundblaster card to get for the best experience. When I compare that to wrapping my head around Pipewire+Pulseaudio+Jackd+*effects I feel like I know way less about sound on Linux now. I don't do any professional audio stuff I just want to listen to music on my Linux computers and occasionally play the sound throughout the house. Whenever I start to look into doing it "the right way" it is always overwhelming.

mdhen 3y ago
Pipewire and its compatbility programs is all you need. So arch that is pipewire, pipewire-alsa and pipewire-pulse. There's also pipewire-jack if you need jack support.
- coldtea 3y ago
  Ah, the "just switch to this distro" fix.
  - bmicraft 3y ago
    That was just an example, almost every other distro will also have handled that for you. No need to do anything.
morsch 3y ago
I also know less about sound on Linux now. I don't even know if my system is running Pulseaudio or Pipewire. I don't need to know! I consider this an improvement.