Linux

48220 readers

654 users here now

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

Rules

Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
No misinformation
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, etc

Related Communities

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Pipewire vs PulseAudio, general question (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

49 comments fedilink hide all child comments

What are the main differences between pipewire and pulseaudio? Which one is better? What are other alternative popular sound servers besides these two?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Pulseaudio was always buggy for me. I've only tried pipewire recently and so far I've had no issues.

The only downside is that (from having to do so much troubleshooting) I know more or less how to configure and tweak pulseaudio. If I ever decide to do weird sound things with pipewire, I'm starting from scratch.