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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/26986197

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

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[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 20 points 3 hours ago

Note that the flathub version has not yet been updated. The version with the screenshare is 0.0.79.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 10 points 3 hours ago
[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 5 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Serious question: I see the topic about Discord screen sharing a lot. Why is this such a big deal?

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 18 points 3 hours ago

because it's the communications platform for gamers™.

But seriously discord screenshare was a massive painpoint for gamers switching to linux, so it's very nice to see it finally, properly, solved.

[–] bogpunk@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 hours ago

people like to share their screens with friends. generally so they can stream a game for them to watch or so people can watch stuff together

[–] Zangoose@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Can we get actually working global keybinds in Wayland next? Or is that a chromium/electron problem?

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

wayland global keybinds are not really ready yet, they're only properly implemented in one desktop, so i don't blame the discord devs for not adding them.

Hyprland and kwin I think.

The hyprland dev is doing a ridiculous amount of work.