PulseAudio
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“Up until about a year ago, audio was janky as hell, but then as part of the great de-Poettering, they switched from PulseAudio to PipeWire.”hedora, 2026-03-03original comment ↗
“Let's make it a weird complex server process, oh, and let's make another sound system after that too.”amypetrik8, 2025-11-26original comment ↗
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