Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these days

Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these... by kaba0 on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @08:33AM (#31082236)

If you ever would give it another try, I highly recommend sway, which is almost completely compatible with i3’s config and basically a wayland clone of that. Wayland makes multiple displays with different DPIs possible and basically a huge, much needed revamp on all the technical debt that accumulated in a multi-decade old graphics stack.

Similarly, pipewire is pretty much stable now, which fixes both the sound and bluetooth stack singlehandedly.

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Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these... by neoberg on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @08:49AM (#31082392)

Thank you. My day to day work involves sharing screen on calls a lot. While I know it's possible to some extent with pipewire, it is still too hacky and too much effort for a simple(from an end-user standpoint) task. Afaik it still doesn't work with Zoom at all. But I am in general excited about Wayland.

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Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these... by kaba0 on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @09:31AM (#31082820)

I believe it works well with the browser version now (as it uses the correct APIs) but afaik browser zoom doesn’t have feature parity with the desktop one?

So fair enough for not trying it out just yet, hopefully soon we can just easily say that it works splendidly!

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