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what are problems with linux?
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Audio is so bad it’s unbelievable. I don’t know if it’s because laptops are built with shitty hardware and then compensated for with proprietary drivers (which Linux doesn’t ship with) but my God are they bad.
Nothing that can’t be fixed by wearing earbuds or plugging in some good speakers, of course.
It's funny you mention this. This past weekend I installed Guix onto an alienware x14 r1. Install went pretty well, some minor hiccups. No issues regarding audio that I could see.
On sunday I tried to use the microphone and speakers and they wouldn't work. I plugged a set of headphones into the aux jack and still no luck.
Gnome sound settings just shows "Dummy Output" for speaker and no source for the microphone.
Yesterday to get more info on the issue, I plugged the same headphones into a usb-c port (using aux to usb-c adapter) and I was getting sound (through headphones) and the microphone worked (tested everything in goodle meet).
When I have the headphones plugged in, gnome sound settings shows valid devices for speakers and the microphone.
Just Weird.