538: Surprisingly Smooth Transition

PipeWire hits 1.0, and Wim Taymans joins us to reflect on the smooth success of PipeWire. Plus the details on the first NixCon North America, and more.

Special Guests: Wim Taymans and Zach Mitchell.

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• Southern California Linux Expo 19
• Purchase a SCALE Pass
• One time Fiat donation for JB @ SCaLE 21x
• 🎉 PipeWire 1.0 🎉 — PipeWire 1.0 retains API/ABI compatibility with the long-lived PipeWire 0.3.xx series. PipeWire 1.0 delivers improved time reporting for less jitter in ALSA when using IRQ mode, various module fixes, Bluetooth LC3 codec and compatibility improvements, improved transport and time handling for JACK, optimized buffer re-use with JACK, and a variety of other improvements.
• PipeWire 1.0.0 (El Presidente)
• LINUX Unplugged 370 — PipeWire Progress
• SpiralLinux — SpiralLinux is a selection of Linux spins built from Debian GNU/Linux, with a focus on simplicity and out-of-the-box usability across all the major desktop environments.
• grub-btrfs — Include btrfs snapshots in the Grub menu.
• timeshift — System restore tool for Linux.
• timeshift-autosnap-apt — Timeshift auto-snapshot script for Ubuntu and Debian
• Ubuntu Desktop with btrfs-luks, auto-apt snapshots with Timeshift
• jordan-bravo's Nix config
• ladder — Selfhosted alternative to 12ft.io. and 1ft.io bypass paywalls with a proxy ladder and remove CORS headers from any URL.
• Pick: whisper 🎤 → 🎧️ — Listen to your mic - with PipeWire. This app does more or less the same thing as Helvum does, but with a simple UI.
• Whisper on Flathub
• Helvum on Flathub — Helvum is a graphical patchbay for PipeWire.