This may be a much covered topic. I recently switched to Kubuntu because of KDEs support for HDR video. But also I found Audacity didn’t work correctly, and even though ALSA was installed, it just didn’t seem to work. No problem, I’ll use Jack to make the connections. It refused to work also. I then found Kunbuntu used Pipewire, as of yet Audacity does not support it. (facepalm). I know Pipewire modern and better all around. Likely it will will become the new standard. Does anyone have an idea where support for Pipewire is on the road map for Audacity?
Thanks for the reply Steve. Yeah, thought I could make it work with JACK but the JACK server won’t start at all. It doesn’t find ALSA or anything to work with.
Unfortunate;y I can’t really help you to get it working, other than to say to check your Pipewire setup. For me, I just had to install Pipewire and then a pipewire device appeared in Audacity’s device options. But at least it shows that Audacity does work with Pipewire.
As an aside, I recently bought a new laptop to replace my 9 year old laptop (XFCE), and I was seriously considering KDE. I think KDE looks great, and the core KDE apps are on the whole very polished. However, I did find that for anything beyond the default setup, KDE could be less stable and rather quirky. I finally settled on the Mate desktop, which looks a bit more modern than XFCE, but is still pretty light, just as flexible, and the look and feel is more customisable, but without the overwhelming number of configuration options found in KDE.
Thanks Again Steve. I’m working my way through trying different confs for Pipewire. I did make sure Pipewire-Jack was installed and I did get the pipewire resource to show up as a device in Audacity, but connecting it to the port with the intended audio is the challenge. Jack server won’t connect at all. If I an get that working, I should be able to make everything work.
I can’t say whether it uses Pipewire or not but I have been really impressed by TuxedoOS. It’s basically Kubuntu without snaps and a later version of Plasma. If I was looking to switch from Linux Mint MATE, TuxedoOS would be my first choice.
I’m desperately fighting the urge to start reciting from the Monty Python ‘Four Yorkshiremen’ sketch. 