Pipewire vs PulseAudio: What's the Difference?
If you are active in the Linux community, you will often come across the debate on what's better: PipeWire or PulseAudio?
Some users prefer going back to PulseAudio, while others find solving their decade-old audio problems much better. So the question here is: what is the difference between PipeWire and PulseAudio? 🤔
Sure, PipeWire is a relatively new technology, it must have a purpose and which is why it is replacing PulseAudio for many Linux distributions. This does not mean PulseAudio doesn't work whatsoever. It has served very well to its users, but surely has its pros and cons.
Fret not, I shall highlight everything essential regarding the multimedia framework PipeWire and the sound server program, PulseAudio.