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

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  • 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.

















  • For those that didn’t read the paper, they are literally attempting to calculate the monetary value of top open source projects.

    We first estimate the supply-side value by calculating the cost to recreate the most widely used OSS once. We then calculate the demand- side value based on a replacement value for each firm that uses the software and would need to build it internally if OSS did not exist. We estimate the supply-side value of widely-used OSS is $4.15 billion, but that the demand-side value is much larger at $8.8 trillion. We find that firms would need to spend 3.5 times more on software than they currently do if OSS did not exist.

    This is the huge takeaway for me. Open Source saves companies and organizations so much money because it allows them to not have to make that component themselves. Having open standards literally saves the economy trillions of dollars not having to “reinvent the wheel”.



  • That sucks. I know what it’s like to feel like the only voice of reason when your company is shooting itself in the foot.

    I see from other comments you’re already looking for a new job, which is a very good idea. From your description of this buyout, it seems very likely that you’re about 6 months to a year out from the layoff stage of the private equity playbook.

    At the end of the day you’ll always have the experience you gained from building all that stuff. Perhaps you’ll get a chance to build it back even better somewhere else!