Linux Desktop

Ich bin immer wieder erstaunt über den mittlerweile so konsequenten switch zu Wayland. Da gibt es noch mit so vielen Programmen Probleme, sei es Fehler/Bugs oder auch generell keine Unterstützung.
Und Nvidia und Wayland sowieso sehr "speziell".

Aktuell grad Probleme mit Avidemux (built from source), Ausführung mit "--platform xcb" nötig, ansonsten unbenutzbar. 🤨
Bei anderen Programmen (z.B. FreeCAD) musste ich "QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb" als Umgebungsvariable verwenden.

Das hindert mich auch am Umstieg von Fedora 42 auf 43 (KDE-Plasma).

#Linux #Wayland #OpenGL #Avidemux #FreeCAD

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Friedel entschuldigt sich schon mal vorab für die doofe Hinweisnervung.
Nobbie hat Friedel motivationsfördernd in den wärmeligen Heizungskeller gesperrt, ein neuerliches Hinweisvideo zu pfoteln.
...muss man nicht anschauen.
Friedel hängt ab...

#skipbo #avidemux #aegisub #audacity

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Susi und Friedel haben es wieder getan!
Hier ist eine weitere Bewegtbildaufbereitung mit friedelgepfoteltem Soundtrack.

Friedel meinte, sich diesmal bei den Effekten austobprobieren zu müssen..

#SusiRäumtAuf

#avidemux #aegisub #audacity

I've tried to embrace some of these new #linux technologies, such as #wayland and #pipewire

With #piprewire, there is sound glitching across all DEs and all common distros. Even if I tweak the out-of-the-box settings, such as default.clock.min-quantum as recommended in numerous forum posts/wiki articles, it only marginally improves it, and I still get random audio playback issues in various music players such as #rhythmbox and #audacious, although I will concede #kodi seems perfectly fine.

With #wayland, there are a couple of apps I use, such as #avidemux, that don't really work with it, even under #xwayland
I can 'force' around that with things like using --platform xcb on the command line, but it's less than ideal.

So for me, whether I'm using my normal setup of #debian #trixie with #xfce, or use #gnome or #kde on the same base, or indeed try the same on #fedora or arch-based distros such as #cachyos or #EndeavourOSArch, it is the same outcome.

Newer isn't always best. #X11 with the right conf file to sort out screen tearing, works with everything I ever use on any DE or distro.
#pulseaudio just works everywhere.

So I'm going to stay in the past with the tried-and-tested X11 and Pulseaudio, until these 'new' technologies have matured and fixed all the edge-case issues they have.

@OrionKidder @unixviking
Care to share what extensions you have installed and why?

I use #debian and despite playing around in a VM for multiple different distros, as well as #debian with multiple different DEs, I end up staying with #xfce on #debain stable (well in truth I am now on #trixie given the stability and imminent release).

I like a lot of things about #gnome, but struggle with a couple of key areas - the file manager in terms of customisation and fixed viewing styles, and strange as this may seem I'm against things like #flatpak because I feel things should be native and integrated.

That said, I'm having to use #distrobox and some containers as #trixie doesn't have two key apps for me - #dvbcut which was in #bookworm but isn't in #trixie, and #avidemux which hasn't been in #debian for years now.

I really want to move to either #gnome or #kde, but #kde is far too unstable for my liking and that's a showstopper. Often my desktop is on for weeks or months at a time.

A week ago I did a new install of #debian #trixie on my main desktop so that I was running what will become the new #stable release.

As part of that, I made a conscious effort to try and work with #wayland and also moved to the #plasma6 desktop.

Following a week of tweaks and trying to get a few applications like #avidemux to play nice, I have concluded my trial.

The idea that #wayland is ready for wholesale use by all user types is not yet a reality. Having to do tweaks to kernel boot parameters to fix AMD graphics issues, or having to force applications with --platform xcb, are signs that things have a way to go before they cover all common usage profiles.

Also, whilst I accept it is snappy and stable, #plasma6 for me isn't something I'm going to stick with. It is very configurable, which is good because you need to tweak it in all manner of ways to reduce its impact on workflow and user experience.

I will take time to consider my options and a new install sometime next week.