this post was submitted on 10 May 2025
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Huh? ALSA is not a sound server, but a collection of kernel components and libraries. You don't run it.
PipeWire has a system-wide mode of operation. It wasn't well-tested when I last asked about it, but it might be worth a try.
This whole article is focused on GNOME and other GTK-based desktops. The only mention of KDE Plasma at all is to say that a certain GNOME fork (MATE) isn't like it. This seems like a rather large oversight given that Qt, upon which Plasma is built, has accessibility features built in.
So, nearly every criticism here is not about Linux after all, but about a specific desktop family. I hope the author eventually notices that others exist, tries them, and discovers things that work better in them. (And it would be nice if they were to post a more comprehensive follow-up article, or at least rephrase this one so that it doesn't mislead people into thinking it represents the Linux desktop ecosystem as a whole.)
To be fair, most people who want to install Linux will google "how to install Linux" and most likely will be pointed at the main Ubuntu distro.
Tbftbf, that's not the correct way to do anything, you should always research before big purchases (like a laptop) or big changes (like an OS), even completely divorced from computing (like buying an anything).
We need to bring back the concept of the "informed decision."
I agree, but I'm cynical and don't see that ever happening.