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?
It’s a different way of routing audio through thr 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.
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.
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?
It’s a different way of routing audio through thr 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.
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.
Thanks! Uh… I mean I’m sure all those people appreciate your explanation.
The main difference to me is that Bluetooth headsets were problematic with PulseAudio. It works much better with Pipewire.