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- Multimedia/ h264 codecs ??
- KDE/GSconnect
- Something like Arch's downgrade package + an archive of package versions
- Hardware video acceleration support is sorely lacking
- Picture-in-picture in Gnome's Wayland (bug that a gnome-shell extension fixes!)
Multimedia codecs have a different license agreement than the OS so they aren't bundled by default for a reason
I don't care about the licenses. If I click on my media and it refuses to play because some codec is omitted by default, am annoyed nonetheless.
Most distros have a checkbox during the installer that will add non-free components. It's a separate EULA you need to agree to so they can't do it for you.
You may not care, but the distro provider's legal team absolutely cares about not getting sued for automatically bundling components with an incompatible license agreement
More annoyed when the distro doesn't even bother to document how to properly install the "missing" codecs.
Don't mistake this as condescension, but doesn't VLC solve all of that?
Nope. VLC uses system libraries, unless you install through something that ships its own dependencies like flatpak.
I've heard it's great for opening any file. Is it good with a bunch of file formats as opposed to media codecs?
VLC is good everywhere even though it cannot compare to MPV in number of features available. It will work for most people just fine.
Not sure why KDE/GSconnect would need to be preinstalled tbh. But I agree with the others
Quality of life improvement. Plus it's normal for operating systems to have some kind of smartphone/smart device integration now.
Plus it's normal for operating systems to have some kind of smartphone/smart device integration now.
And I don't approve of this transition. It's unnecessary bloat. Just install it if you want it.
Only a Gentoo user can make that claim. Hope you are one.
That's not true lol
I am an arch user though
Guess what if you installed a DE, other than the tiling ones, it came with bloat.
You probably also use systemd, another infamous piece of bloatware. /s
Gentoo has less bloat than Arch if really want to get into nitpicking.
I use systemd, but I do not use a DE.
Just because they contain bloat, doesn't mean they should, and that more should be added.
because kde connect is so well made and everyone with a smartphone should use it
I don't really want my smartphone notifs on my PC. It should be an optional addition, like it currently is.
I actually turned off the notification sync, I only use it for file transfers and the remote control features
I have syncthing for file transfers, and I love it
Oh yeah! That downgrade option sounds cool. The only time I kinda regretted being on Manjaro. VirtualBox 7 still doesn't have functional graphics. I tried
downgrade, but that didn't work. Maybe I should have tried deleting the VirtualBox config 🤔