Quoting: Beamboom

Quoting: wvstolzingSure, I meant latency over the network, even through ssh.

SSH across the LAN? Since SSH is encrypted traffic, I would assume that would only add to the latency?

It does; my point is that the latency is tolerable over ssh.

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Quoting: Beamboom

Quoting: wvstolzingAbsolutely; & with a bit of tinkering, even the latency is tolerable for things like video chat.

I have zero issues with latency on pulseaudio for all normal uses including gaming, conference calls and netflix. And obviously it's not notable on music playback.
The sole reason I use Jack for is music production, where one wants a very low latency. But in all other settings I don't even notice there *are* any latency at all. To be honest I think one has to be extremely fixated on detecting latency in order to be bothered with it.

Sure, I meant latency over the network, even through ssh.

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Quoting: BeamboomI played around with Pulseaudio some years ago, and that system actually is really sweet, so much more than just a layer for local playback. I'd say it's primarily designed for networked playback, you can route any source to any playback destination (or destinationS in plural) and have the livingroom stereo play from your basement PC etc. Or all the speakers in the house playing the same, for that matter. :) It's a cool solution!

Probably very old news for some, but I was amazed at the features when I discovered them. :)

Absolutely; & with a bit of tinkering, even the latency is tolerable for things like video chat.
I love that you can just ssh tunnel the 'native' pulse socket from some other user's /run/user dir; & use it like a local sink.

I haven't tinkered much with Pipewire yet, but I hope it keeps this 'network transparency'.

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Quoting: CatKillerI've just had a horrible thought: am I going to be compelled to say, "I use Arch, btw," everywhere I go?

You might have to start saying, "I use Arch, on the way."

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Quoting: subWe can only profit from it
as long it's not failing like Steam Machines.

This project avoids the total hardware spec mayhem that doomed steam machines; so if it fails, at least it won't fail because of the absurdity that no one knew what it really was.

I follow this channel on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_0CVCfC_3iuHqmyClu59Uw [External Link] where the host reviews various handheld/compact systems. My impression is that Nintendo Switch style PCs have been really expensive crowd-funded curiosities so far, but that might be changing now that Valve has entered the picture.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyWell, hurrah! Happy birthday!
You know, GoL has become the place where I go for Linux news, period. Anything important and relevant to the desktop tends to be relevant to gaming as well, so I see it here.

Yeah, me too, pretty much. For specific things I subscribe to a newsletter, or rss feed from first-hand sources; but for no-nonsense general news coverage GoL is the place to go.

It has also built an impressively civilized community around it. (Anyone who's taken a glance at the comments sections of various well-known Linux ... outlets ... knows what *uncivilized* in this context might mean.)

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Happy birthday, & best wishes going forward.

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First new purchase in a *long* time; I picked up Superliminal & The Pedestrian; really looking forward to both.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyBy the way, does anyone else find annoying the fashion among big corporations to rename themselves by the acronym of what used to be their name, except now it officially doesn't stand for anything it's just this free-floating brandable signifier?

So like we got EA which used to be Electronic Arts but now is just two meaningless letters. In Canada, our big banks all went that way--the Bank of Montreal is BMO (not just BM, heh), the Royal Bank of Canada is RBC and so on. And the slogan is "Our name stands for nothing, and so do we!"

At least they didn't pull an 'Xfce' (from https://docs.xfce.org/faq#what_does_it_mean [External Link]):

The name Xfce originally stood for XForms Common Environment, but since then, Xfce was rewritten twice and doesn't use XForms toolkit anymore. The name survived, but the F is no longer capitalized (not “XFce”, but “Xfce”). Currently the abbreviation doesn't stand for anything (suggestion: X Freakin' Cool Environment). It's not pronounced “X-Face”. There is no “a” in it.

... or a 'GNOME': (from https://mail.gnome.org/archives/marketing-list/2010-April/msg00050.html [External Link])

Am Dienstag, den 06.04.2010, 08:08 -0500 schrieb Bharat Kapoor:
> At least now I know what GNOME is an acronym for :)
> The talk is about name or rename (if our mission is consistent with)
> GNU Network Object Model Environment

Once again: GNOME WAS an acronym. GNOME is NOT anymore an acronym.
GNOME stands for GNOME nowadays. Only. That's all.

andre

Though if GNOME ever goes back to an acronym, I suggest the gloriously recursive:
GNOME has NO MErcy.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeIs it me, or is this just a ploy to get people to install Origin. Like EA finally realized it was a failure, but so they went back to allowing games to be sold on Steam again... but still require origin so they have a reason to say the software still lives?

Of all the 'trademarks' that EA bought & made a travesty of, the case of 'Origin' is possibly the most bizarre.

Thought I think the name will be laid to rest soon: https://venturebeat.com/2020/09/14/electronic-arts-doubles-down-on-ea-play-brand-with-ea-desktop-app/ [External Link]

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