Academy Streaming on Linux

Streaming on Linux

Capture, audio and encoding on a desktop that does none of it the way the tutorials assume.

5 chapters · 31 min read

  1. 1Is Linux ready for this?An honest inventory: what works better than on Windows, what is merely fine, and the three things that will actually stop you.6 min
  2. 2Capture without fighting WaylandWhy there is no game capture, what the portal is, and how to build scenes that survive switching sessions.7 min
  3. 3Audio that does what you meanPipeWire is the best audio stack a streamer has ever had, once you stop thinking of it as a volume slider.7 min
  4. 4Encoding without dramaVAAPI, NVENC and the one check that tells you whether your GPU is doing the work or quietly not.6 min
  5. 5A setup that survives updatesWhich distro, when to update, what to back up, and the five-minute check before you go live.5 min