On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 11:59 AM Dylan Aïssi <dai...@debian.org> wrote: > I have been asked several times regarding when Debian will switch its default > sound server from PulseAudio to PipeWire without having an official answer.
I think it's a good idea to switch the Debian GNOME default sound service to PipeWire now. I've just been waiting for wireplumber 0.4.11-4 to make it through the NEW queue since it fixes a minor packaging issue. A brief explanation of the project and what it does can be found at https://pipewire.org/ and more details are at https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/wikis/FAQ >From what I've seen, PipeWire will be as good as or better than PulseAudio for most users. By switching now, we should get enough feedback from both Debian Testing and Ubuntu 22.10 to fix serious bugs or perhaps revert to PulseAudio if necessary before we freeze too much for Debian 12. Most but not all of the Ubuntu desktop flavors have also switched to PipeWire for Ubuntu 22.10. I'm not involved in the decisions for other Debian desktop flavors but they would get the same advantages and their apps designed for PulseAudio should still work with PipeWire. Thank you, Jeremy Bicha
