Someone actually argued, “Desktop Linux can’t take off because Xorg, Wayland, ALSA, PulseAudio…”With respect, that’s inside-baseball.
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Someone actually argued, “Desktop Linux can’t take off because Xorg, Wayland, ALSA, PulseAudio…”
With respect, that’s inside-baseball. Most people don’t think about that, and they don’t need to.
What they actually care about is simple: “Can I easily do the thing I want to do?”
I’ve been using SteamOS and now Bazzite for three years. It’s just as straightforward to browse the web, edit an image, write a document, compose music, animate a video—and now play games—as it is on any other OS. In some ways, it’s even smoother.
People aren’t evaluating display servers and audio stacks. They just want an operating system that gets out of the way and lets them do their work. And on that front, Linux is finally delivering. -
Someone actually argued, “Desktop Linux can’t take off because Xorg, Wayland, ALSA, PulseAudio…”
With respect, that’s inside-baseball. Most people don’t think about that, and they don’t need to.
What they actually care about is simple: “Can I easily do the thing I want to do?”
I’ve been using SteamOS and now Bazzite for three years. It’s just as straightforward to browse the web, edit an image, write a document, compose music, animate a video—and now play games—as it is on any other OS. In some ways, it’s even smoother.
People aren’t evaluating display servers and audio stacks. They just want an operating system that gets out of the way and lets them do their work. And on that front, Linux is finally delivering.My 2013 MacBook Pro was stuck at Catalina and starting to refuse software like Signal.
Ubuntu Linux brought it back to life and promises ten more years of usefulness before it's e-junk. Plus it’s refreshed my love of tinkering and coding my own stuff. Linux has had its frustrations and annoyances, but no more than any other OS.
And I didn't pay a cent for it.
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Someone actually argued, “Desktop Linux can’t take off because Xorg, Wayland, ALSA, PulseAudio…”
With respect, that’s inside-baseball. Most people don’t think about that, and they don’t need to.
What they actually care about is simple: “Can I easily do the thing I want to do?”
I’ve been using SteamOS and now Bazzite for three years. It’s just as straightforward to browse the web, edit an image, write a document, compose music, animate a video—and now play games—as it is on any other OS. In some ways, it’s even smoother.
People aren’t evaluating display servers and audio stacks. They just want an operating system that gets out of the way and lets them do their work. And on that front, Linux is finally delivering.@atomicpoet like I always say, “No one actually uses an operating system. We use apps. An OS should boot and just get the fuck out of my way.” I have used Steam OS for about 5 years now, before that Ubuntu and Debian for a decade. I barely even touch my own Pipewire except for the VERY niche setup I have as a streamer with a 2 PC setup. Most days I just boot up, record, use KDEnLive to edit, browse, and play games on Steam when not tinkering.
GitHub - ChiefGyk3D/pipewire_sink: A robust shell script to restart PipeWire and create a combined audio sink that outputs to multiple devices simultaneously. Ideal for streaming, recording, or monitoring audio across multiple outputs (e.g., speakers + HDMI capture card, headphones + virtual device).
A robust shell script to restart PipeWire and create a combined audio sink that outputs to multiple devices simultaneously. Ideal for streaming, recording, or monitoring audio across multiple outputs (e.g., speakers + HDMI capture card, headphones + virtual device). - ChiefGyk3D/pipewire_sink
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