• @[email protected]
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    2659 months ago

    The duck can’t actually say anything because his sound drivers randomly stopped working.

    • @[email protected]
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      169 months ago

      In recent memory I’ve had both a microphone driver bug in Linux and one in macOS with specific hardware. Only one of them was fixed with an update.

      • Voyager
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        19 months ago

        Have you tried opening an issue with the drivers developers?

      • @[email protected]
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        69 months ago

        Seriously, pipewire is so much better than pulse. I remember having lots of sound issues on my laptop. Sound randomly becoming extremely distorted until I stopped and started playback, microphone volume resetting to 100% earraping everyone in discord calls, random pops and cracks… All of this was fixed by switching to pipewire

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      99 months ago

      That would be really annoying (when I would use sound)

      On the other hand, the Nvidia card I use refuses to work via the external monitor (USB-C) at power on when plugged in. Power on, then plug in, then I have screen… weird.

      • Apple: We support apple hardware
      • Microsoft: We support hardware from this list
      • Linux: You want support, write it yourself.
      • Nvidia: You want support, use windows
      • Laptop developers: You want performance, oh, you’re a gamer, here have a Nvidia card.

      You might ask, why a laptop: power consumption for the moments I don’t need power. I don’t want QHD on 17", 24" is better for my aging eyes so external monitor is a requirement. (previous one had 4K on 15", cheapest screen option to buy)

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        9 months ago

        Who out there using computers without sound?

        I bet you say it was your own choice as well to miss a standard feature.

        Why yes, I do use a computer without a monitor, I have memorised everything! No don’t look behind the curtain at the shattered monitor, it was my own choice!

        • @[email protected]
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          19 months ago

          Who out there using computers without sound?

          I use my computers without sound, until I watch a vid (I use headphones for that). I hate the constant beeps for attention. Same with tablets, no sound, not even when playing a game. The only device that is allowed to make a sound is the phone. (and then very limited)

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      39 months ago

      Sure, if you go with that attitude PulseAudio.

      Uninstalled it for ALSA on every (every) machine I’ve touched that has to do audio, and haven’t had issues since 2015.