petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de to Linux@lemmy.ml • 9 months agoPipewire vs PulseAudio: What's the Difference?external-linkmessage-square12 fedilinkarrow-up180
arrow-up180external-linkPipewire vs PulseAudio: What's the Difference?petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de to Linux@lemmy.ml • 9 months agomessage-square12 Commentsfedilink
minus-squarelengau@midwest.socialhexbear3·9 months agoThe transition for me was "install Pipewire and its pulseaudio compatibility package, remove pulseaudio, reboot." There are a couple of quirks (updating Apparmor rules makes KDE think I've reattached all my audio devices), but it's mostly pretty smooth. linkfedilink
minus-squareumbrella@lemmy.mlhexbear1·9 months agoI waited for canonical to enable it by default. The annoying part for me was undoing the workarounds PulseAudio needed to do what I wanted. linkfedilink
The transition for me was "install Pipewire and its pulseaudio compatibility package, remove pulseaudio, reboot."
There are a couple of quirks (updating Apparmor rules makes KDE think I've reattached all my audio devices), but it's mostly pretty smooth.
I waited for canonical to enable it by default. The annoying part for me was undoing the workarounds PulseAudio needed to do what I wanted.