How to switch to PipeWire while using Sway

1 Install PipeWire. Gentoo-specific example:

emerge --ask media-video/pipewire

Ensure that the pulseaudio USE flag is enabled.

2 Edit /etc/pulse/client.conf and replace the following line:

; autospawn = yes

With:

autospawn = no

3 Add the following line to your sway configuration:

exec --no-startup-id pipewire

4 Restart your system and launch sway with dbus-launch:

dbus-launch --exit-with-session sway

(I placed this command in a bash noscript named s, you could edit sway's entry in your display manager.)

5 Verify that PulseAudio is not running, and pipewire-pulse is:

pactl info > >(grep "Server Name")

The output of this command should be similar to the following:

Server Name: PulseAudio (on PipeWire 0.3.21)

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Regardless of how hard it is to get used to. What desktop environment do you think is the most efficient?

Regardless of getting used to it, what environment is your favorite/ think is the most efficient for productivity.

When first installing a distro I installed KDE, because It felt the most similar to Windows.

However, now I want to try something different and was wondering what is the "best" environment. I don't care, that I'll have to get used to it. Sell me your desktop environment!

edit: I didn't expect so many responses, damn. Well thanks to everyone for giving me your opinion

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CloudLinux Expands Extended Lifecycle Support Beyond CentOS
https://www.itprotoday.com/linux/cloudlinux-expands-extended-lifecycle-support-beyond-centos

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Simple noscript to round your bottom corners ;)
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3 open source tools that make Linux the ideal workstation | Opensource.com
https://opensource.com/article/21/2/linux-workday

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Linux problem on mini pc

Hello everyone, just had my hand on mini PC with ryzen processor and kept having problems running Linux on it.
First problem is when I try to go on live USB it just froze on a black screen. I tried multi distro but result still the same except for Fedora it was working for some reason.
Device doesn't have secure boot.
I dislike gonom so don't rly want to stuck with it but it was the only distro that load up.
Second problem while running the fedora is WiFi issue, I can see my network but keep having error msg when trying to connection.
Seeking for ur help.

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GTK happenings
https://blog.gtk.org/2021/02/18/gtk-happenings/

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What USB WiFi dongle that are fully linux compatible, zero trouble?

I currently use TPLink TL-WN822N (I choose this because it has cables, not just dongle)

but it shows this a lot, then timeout, then reconnect, happened frequently

ath: phy0: DMA failed to stop in 10 ms AR_CR=0x00000024 AR_DIAG_SW=0x02000020 DMADBG_7=0x00006100


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ibuntu- ubuntu but macos

https://ibuntuos.com/ibuntu-2/

they designed it really well the devs need more recognition

its really nice

much better than installing ubuntu and installing themes

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One line shell noscript to watch youtube videos from the command line

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Get Help

I just installed Linux to amd laptop. However, the desktop environment didn’t show up, it is in black screen. Before install desktop environment only tty can be used. After install environment, it show black screen. Before install I have tried live, but it brings me to try too. Anyone can help?

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Screen keeps flickering when on desktop (Kubuntu 20.10)

Every time when i'm on my desktop and move my cursor my screen starts flickering and I don't know what to do. This also happens when i start an application. I also asked this on a other subreddit a couple days ago but didn't get much help.

[Youtube video of what I see](https://youtu.be/m6wDJzhTTWs)

I'm using a ASUS C302C.

System info:

* Operating System: Kubuntu 20.10
* KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.5
* KDE Frameworks Version: 5.74.0
* Qt Version: 5.14.2
* Kernel Version: 5.8.0-43-generic
* OS Type: 64-bit
* Processors: 4 × Intel® Pentium® CPU 4405Y @ 1.50GHz
* Memory: 3.7 GiB of RAM
* Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 515

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How donations helped the LibreOffice project in 2020
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PipeWire 0.3.22 released - many new bugfixes and improvments for JACK and Bluetooth, support for HFP HF profile, Pro Audio card profile support
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/releases/0.3.22

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Linux has landed on Mars. The Perseverance rover's helicopter (called Ingenuity) is built on Linux and JPL's open source F' framework

It's mentioned at the end of this IEEE Spectrum article about the Mars landing.

> Anything else you can share with us that engineers might find particularly interesting?

> This the first time we’ll be flying Linux on Mars. We’re actually running on a Linux operating system. The software framework that we’re using is one that we developed at JPL for cubesats and instruments, and we open-sourced it a few years ago. So, you can get the software framework that’s flying on the Mars helicopter, and use it on your own project. It’s kind of an open-source victory, because we’re flying an open-source operating system and an open-source flight software framework and flying commercial parts that you can buy off the shelf if you wanted to do this yourself someday. This is a new thing for JPL because they tend to like what’s very safe and proven, but a lot of people are very excited about it, and we’re really looking forward to doing it.

The F' framework is on GitHub: https://github.com/nasa/fprime

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Chris's Wiki :: find mostly doesn't need xargs today on modern Unixes
https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/FindWithoutXargsToday

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Any good and updated books about Linux and programming?

I've been using Linux since the nineties and know the UNIX part quite well. But Linux has changed a lot over the years and my knowledge is dated. So I need an update, and am looking for a book similar to e.g, APUE, but covering all the Linux concepts.

Can anyone recommend a book which will teach me about namespaces, device trees, cgroups, modern polling, and other major new stuff?

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Wayland on Wine: An exciting first update - Windows applications running directly on Wayland
https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/wayland-on-wine-an-exciting-first-update.html

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Kernel Optimization

Back in the late 90's - early 00's when I was first learning Linux it wasn't uncommon for people to build a kernel optimized for their hardware. Sure, the performance gains were usually minor and so was the saved hard drive space but in those days it seemed like small gains were worth it. Maybe it was just worth it to me? There doesn't really seem to be a point to that these days with plentiful, fast, and relatively cheap storage along with much faster processors. Not to mention that most hardware drivers are loaded as modules now. But the other day I was reading an article that quoted Linus saying the Linux kernel is becoming bloated. Seems like if you were really worried about that, you could compile a custom kernel for your hardware like in the old days. I'm still not sure it's still worth it now though. Does anyone still compile custom kernels?

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Hushboard: mute your mic while you are typing
https://kryogenix.org/code/hushboard/

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ytfzf Comand line youtube viewer updated, Thank you for the support!

I had posted earlier today regarding my youtube commandline ( no api) noscript. my first post

I have gotten so much love for that one line shell noscript, so I decided to actually make it properly after all the suggestions I had gotten from my prev post.

https://github.com/pystardust/ytfzf

I have completely reworked on the scipt it has a lot more features now

History (can be toggled) - Shows all the videos you played before, and you can choose from them
Download - with option -d , the video will be downloaded to current directory
Music - play the video as audio only when you parse in -m
Format - Now you can choose default format or pass in -f to show all possible formats for a given video
Error Handeling - Check for dependcies and gives appropriate errors
No pup - doesn't depend on pup anymore

These options can be combined in any manner, like -dm, will download music

Usage: ytfzf <search query>
-h Show this help text
-H Choose from history
-m <search query> Audio only (for listening to music)
-d <search query> Download to current directory
-f <search query> Show available formats before proceeding

https://github.com/pystardust/ytfzf

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