My name is Jess. I build and manage servers for both work and fun. I also occasionally make music.

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  • renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.nettoLinux@lemmy.mlRTFM
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    22 days ago

    “RTFM” (or similar comments like “it’s in the docs”) are just mean and useless without a reference.

    Like, okay, superior user in the internet: If it’s in the manual/docs, what page? Do you have a link? Could you quote the relevant section?

    Often people ask because they couldn’t find the answer in the docs. Simply pointing them at the answer is infinitely better than “lol the answer is in there somewhere”

    See also: “Let me Google that for you…” Like mf Google brought me to this thread!


  • renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.nettoLinux@lemmy.mlRTFM
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    22 days ago

    I can’t count the number of times I swear I read every man page and I can’t figure out how to structure my arguments–especially when they are nested or conditional.

    I especially wish more man pages had common examples. Sometimes an example can say more than a paragraph of explanation.




  • As for the “Sound Connect App” that’s unfortunately the core of the problem. That app doesn’t exist for Linux. If the hardware relies on that app to set up or manage profiles, it creates an unavoidable roadblock for desktop Linux users.

    The app runs on your phone (Android or iOS), and then you use the phone to manage Bluetooth connections for the earbuds. IMO you shouldn’t need a second device, but I guess they just assume 99% of people are connecting to a smartphone.

    It just seems to be a non-standard implementation from Sony that doesn’t play well with the standard Linux audio stack.

    I think the issue is that the actual Bluetooth connection is obfuscated behind a proprietary connection to the app, and the app exposes the protocol.

    I agree it’s a stupid implementation, prioritizing a UI for pairing over literally everything else, but you still might be able to get it to work. I’ve successfully paired my WF-1000XM4 earbuds with my EndeavourOS (KDE) desktop.