Wayland and audio is fixed, but only on the canary branch for the moment, this isnt lazy either, they changed the whole screenshare flow to suit linux’s permission prompts

  • jonesy@aussie.zone
    19·
    3 days ago

    Just installed Canary on my system to test this, and while it’s a little janky and the hardware acceleration seems to stop other apps using the GPU at the same time this is still good enough I think I can finally move to Linux as my main OS. I assume this will get polished further in the future. Great stuff though.

    • GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip
      171·
      3 days ago

      There is another, semi official linux client called vesktop. Comes with a range of plugin options, all improving or enabling functions the default client doesnt offer or hides behind a paywall. It also has had screen share on Linux for the longest time,if you do the switch give it a go. Certainly better than the default app

        • vintageballs@feddit.orgDeutsch
          3·
          2 days ago

          Or any global shortcuts (i.e. to mute oneself) for that matter. Pretty useless in a gaming context because of that imho

            • devfuuu@lemmy.world
              1·
              2 days ago

              Getting good enough noise cancelling and mic detection working is only almost decent on the official app.

              I’ve never had a problem with low bitrate or anything related to that.

              • Zetta@mander.xyz
                2·
                2 days ago

                I was more just shitting on Discord to shit on Discord because you can have insane bitrates on clients such as TeamSpeak, which I would prefer everyone use.

              • priapus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                11·
                2 days ago

                Vesktop supports the same mic detection and krisp noise suppression as the desktop client

    • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net
      111·
      3 days ago

      THIS prevented you from switching?

      Afaik screenshare always worked when using Discord in a browser

      • jonesy@aussie.zone
        54·
        3 days ago

        Pretty much! Never saw anything that said the browser client worked on Linux, but last time I tried the discord browser client it was pretty rubbish as well.

        • flubba86@lemmy.world
          1·
          3 days ago

          As someone who only occasionally uses Discord, I honestly didn’t even know they had a desktop version of their app. I’ve always used it in the browser. Why do they even have a desktop version of their webapp?

          • vintageballs@feddit.orgDeutsch
            2·
            2 days ago

            Integration at a level a browser can’t offer. Most importantly, imo, a browser can’t bind global keyboard shortcuts for websites. So push to talk, mute keybinds, … don’t work in the browser version.

          • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net
            3·
            3 days ago

            The desktop version uses Electron, a shitty Chromium + Node.js framework for devs that really only want javascript and web tech