Sounds like the audio device going to sleep during periods of silence, then taking a short time to wake up again when audio is played. Maybe to avoid hiss?
For a data point of 1, my laptop does this regardless of OS.
there’s no competitor out there clobbering them, they are doing this to themselves
I honestly don’t think so for any consumer focused ones.
Including it with bespoke hardware kinda works but is so expensive to actually do.
Gnome is further hampered by no respect for user choice. They provide an appleish UI, with an Enterprise, one size fits all experience.
KDE is better, but they are not the official GNU/Red Hat choice. They will choose practical above esthetica.
A big part of the Linux success is POSIX, a standard to provide direction. The UI world never had anything line it, so it is very fragmented. A real solution could be a complete enough UI standard, used by OSX, Windows, Gnome and KDE.
Their October update forced me to do a clean reinstall. That NEVER happened before.
https://www.prime-expert.com/flashboot/
https://www.prime-expert.com/embootkit/
You are welcome. One-time purchase, lifetime updates. Not a subscription.
It's a valid question. What does a paid app offer that these free and easier to get alternatives do not?
They basically did all the work, and refuse to sell it.
It’s clear to me it’s the best of the worst if you need to use Windows.
I daily macOS Sequoia - you don’t want my unfiltered thoughts on Tahoe.
And now their focus is all on AI. A MS employee I spoke to recently said that all there meetings now revolve around AI, like how they can add more AI and sell more AI, that's all they call about these days. :/
The Windows Mixed reality portal needed for my VR headset didnt work and the only solution after multiple weeks of trying stuff was to reinstall. and that worked. for 3 months until i had to reinstall again. Same thing happened to a friend of mine with the entirety of the microsoft store (the install is only a month old tho, so i cant tell yet if it will happen again in 2 months)
Which is also why i am so hyped for valves headset, i love VR, but bugfixing multiple hours and reinstalling windows every 3 months just to play 2 games wasnt worth it.
Where's a proper comparison between the fastest linux OS "CachyOS" and Windows 11 LTSC with all the crap removed, particularly the biggest offenders: Defender, Update, Edge, "fullscreen optimizations" and all the weird little services from print spooler to NPSV_xxx "now playing service" ?
azretd•2mo ago
Steam will trigger a further exodus with their Steam Box once folks realize they have none of the constraints and a great experience.
cheschire•2mo ago
The folks that game on steam already have their gaming PC. The reason the steam deck sold was portability. People buying the steam box are those with above average incomes to afford two gaming PCs or those that are valve supporters.
Steam box won’t make it suddenly the year of Linux
Kirby64•2mo ago
Grisu_FTP•2mo ago
especially since many have a fear of linux for some reason (I would guess just the fear of the unknown?). So often i have seen people get scared and tense up and just that alone makes them spiral into a loop.
I do hope you are right tho.