On Montag, 27. Oktober 2025 12:27:37 Mitteleuropäische Normalzeit Immolo wrote: > new users. An example of when this is a user can end up compiling > Firefox without audio support, meaning the user will have to add the As an example, a user can end up ... ... meaning they will have to add the
> USE flags and then compile Firefox a second time. This not only wastes > time for the user, but also increases support workload by the volunteers > that provides it. ... increases workload of volunteers providing support. > profiles which support it, rather than just Plasma profiles as was the > previous norm[1]. ... rather than just Plasma profiles[1]. > PipeWire has been widely adopted by Linux as a whole due to Linux distros > Gentoo will be less likely to need users to make any follow-up changes to > their system, related to audio. Gentoo desktop users will be provided with working audio by default. > New global USE flags enabled: screencast > [...] > As this is basically a free and beneficial addition as it provides things > like screenshotting and webcam access under Wayland. Some functionality it provides may be considered a bug when missing, and its dependency will already be there by way of PipeWire, so it only makes sense to be enabled in tandem with USE pipewire. Regards
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