I’m curious how software can be created and evolve over time. I’m afraid that at some point, we’ll realize there are issues with the software we’re using that can only be remedied by massive changes or a complete rewrite.

Are there any instances of this happening? Where something is designed with a flaw that doesn’t get realized until much later, necessitating scrapping the whole thing and starting from scratch?

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So now I’m confused. You say KDE requires PipeWire, but I run a KDE Plasma spin and there is no trace of either PipeWire or PulseAudio.

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Yeah, you’re right there. Kwin requires pipewire only for wayland screensharing, you can still build it without libpipewire.

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/blob/1a4606d990b89f403e048edef4b07b407b94a370/CMakeLists.txt#L406

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Lol thanks, but I don’t need to be right. I just want to make sure I’m doing things the way they’re supposed to be done so everything works as well as possible. Like I’ve had apps and stuff not work at all till I stumble into something like your comment that leads me to installing better softwares/drivers/etc., or setting the settings correctly, and boom, it magically works, no muss no fuss.

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I see, maybe I misinterpreted your previous comment. Anyway, I think if you’re using KDE on your desktop or laptop and your audio is working in most applications, you probably have either pipewire or pulseaudio installed. I would be very confused otherwise :D

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