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Changing audio device names?

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Changing audio device names?

Sat Feb 06, 2021 5:59 pm
Heyo!

I just installed KDE Neon, and noticed that there was no obvious way of changing the audio "adapters", like your headset and microphone.
Essentially, I can't figure out how to change my "Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) HD Audio Controller" to just "Microphone".

Did I just miss it somehow?

Kind regards,
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Re: Changing audio device names?

Sun Mar 07, 2021 2:22 am
Hello again, for anyone looking.

To start off, if anyone else is having this issue, this is not the solution. I merely felt like informing others that:

I have moved back to Windows due to incompatibilities with games, such as steam games
Inconveniences with Discord, as they do not really care for Linux users, and Logitech G HUB is not available on Linux either
VirtualCam for Linux was a real pain to set up, and had to redo it because it disappeared every time (v2l4sink). Reason I even had to set this up was because Discord doesn't screenshare properly on Linux - If I select one screen only, it shows all plugged in screens. Next to each other. Makes the size incredibly small and unreadable.
Paint.net is not available on Linux, my main photo editing program. I am very used to it and the Linux port is nothing like the windows one. I would rather use a program that is easy to use without having to look everything up, and feeling like you're learning a new language - It's a photo editing program for crying out loud.

My experience with Linux, KDE Neon (ubuntu 20.04 LTS to be exact) has been an eye opener. I learned that you are no longer stuck with Windows as your only OS option, and that there are plenty of different ones out there that do the job just fine. I learned that in Linux there is a lot more user control and responsibility given to the user, as you can just apt-get install anything and it could be malicious somehow. Or that you accidentally do rm -rf /* and whoops, your SSD/HDD is gone. What I'm trying to convey is that Linux is for the people that are really devoted to learning, experiencing troubles and fixing them rather than the people that expect everything to work out of the box, no special techniques or knowledge required.

What Linux also isn't meant for (yet...) is gaming. As I mentioned above gaming has been a hassle. I got some games on my steam library to work eventually, but that was with hours of looking up how to get things working, consulting a friend and trying on my own with what limited knowledge I had. All in all, if your intention is to pick up a machine and expect the games to just run, then let me warn you - Linux is not that. At least, not for the games that have a dedicated port to Linux. Maybe someday a game that works on Linux won't be considered a port, but just a different version. May the dream live on...

So then, TL;DR: time.

Linux works for your standard day-to-day use. It works for servers, it works for regular computer users, but not for gamers.
If you expect everything to work out of the box, or if you're not interested in learning/researching, especially related to gaming - you're in for a ride.

This was my review on KDE Neon, I hope you found it informative, and I wish you all well.


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