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    • MagicShel@programming.dev
      10·
      4 months ago

      Hey, you and me, obviously we get it. But Mint is kinda supposed to be newbie friendly, so for all the stupid people out there following along, what’s pipewire and why is this significant?

      • neidu2@feddit.nl
        13·
        4 months ago

        It’s a different way of routing audio through the system. For the average user it won’t make a whole lot of difference, but for some (you and I, obviously), it provides a bit more control over the flow and its performance. Very useful when doing things such as recording in a DAW.

        Unless this is something a user needs to care about, there will be no noticeable difference. Pavucontrol is still an excellent front end, even if the back end is handled by pipewire.