- 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. - 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.- 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.
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.
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...