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Dude, look at the current support for audio drivers. Do you really want to deal with that for your ears?
Just kidding I donβt know anything about audio drivers π
I remember having to figure out why audio was not working on a new installation. That was once, probably ~5 years ago and was fixed quickly once I found a solution online.
Iβd vastly prefer my ears to stop working intermittently due to a FOSS driver issue over a corporate overlord installing bloat, spyware, demanding regular payment for the privilege of them not deleting my driver, just to drop support for them some years later anyway.
If the audio doesn't work, I want to be sure it is because of me, not some tech-suit trying to make me pay more for their rubbish services
What's wrong? It's time to repair your brain's Pulseaudio configuration after an update!