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- Software compatibility. - Wanting upgradable hardware that doesn't require new machine + $1000 expense atop it for double the RAM. - JACK/ASLA/PulseAu

- Software compatibility. - Wanting upgradable hardware that doesn't require new machine + $1000 expense atop it for double the RAM. - JACK/ASLA/PulseAudio/GStreamer audio madness shouldn't be forced on mortal man.

krastanov 3y ago
Those are perfectly fine reasons, but I just wanted to share my experience as maybe things are better since last time you used the other popular OS that permits upgradable hardware: - Thanks to infusion from Valve, Wine now works really well. The recent game Helldivers 2 constantly crashes on my friends's Windows PCs, but it has not crashed for me. The Windows users are asking a Linux user to host the game! - This will almost sound like a joke, but after JACK/ALSA/PulseAudio/GStreamer did not do the job, now there is yet another, the new PipeWire. Anyway, it works great and its bluetooth headset support is better than what I have experienced on android/osx/windows.
- tehbeard 3y ago
  > ...now there is yet another... https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/ re: Bluetooh, my experience with it on Pop_OS! with PipeWire has been, not great. Something in that stack seems to often misunderstand that when I switch from HDMI -> bluetooth headphones, I want the sound going to the headphones.. VLC, Firefox, even Steam seem to run into this so it doesn't appear to be isolated to a particular program.
vesinisa 3y ago
> JACK/ASLA/PulseAudio/GStreamer audio madness shouldn't be forced on mortal man. So last decade.. PipeWire is the latest game in the town. On a more serious note, PipeWire has worked really well for me and it really aims to unify all the previous usecases to one. https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/wikis/FAQ#why-another-audio-standard-linux-already-has-13-of-them https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/wikis/FAQ...

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- Software compatibility. - Wanting upgradable hardware that doesn't require new machine + $1000 expense atop it for double the RAM. - JACK/ASLA/PulseAu

by tehbeard 3y ago

krastanov 3y ago
Those are perfectly fine reasons, but I just wanted to share my experience as maybe things are better since last time you used the other popular OS that permits upgradable hardware: - Thanks to infusion from Valve, Wine now works really well. The recent game Helldivers 2 constantly crashes on my friends's Windows PCs, but it has not crashed for me. The Windows users are asking a Linux user to host the game! - This will almost sound like a joke, but after JACK/ALSA/PulseAudio/GStreamer did not do the job, now there is yet another, the new PipeWire. Anyway, it works great and its bluetooth headset support is better than what I have experienced on android/osx/windows.
- tehbeard 3y ago
  > ...now there is yet another... https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/ re: Bluetooh, my experience with it on Pop_OS! with PipeWire has been, not great. Something in that stack seems to often misunderstand that when I switch from HDMI -> bluetooth headphones, I want the sound going to the headphones.. VLC, Firefox, even Steam seem to run into this so it doesn't appear to be isolated to a particular program.
vesinisa 3y ago
> JACK/ASLA/PulseAudio/GStreamer audio madness shouldn't be forced on mortal man. So last decade.. PipeWire is the latest game in the town. On a more serious note, PipeWire has worked really well for me and it really aims to unify all the previous usecases to one. https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/wikis/FAQ#why-another-audio-standard-linux-already-has-13-of-them https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/wikis/FAQ...