Wireless headset? What are the best options?

[Moderator BobC]

I would like to be able to listen to podcasts without bothering others in the room, and be able to record audio with a good microphone for screencasts, all without having to deal will tangled messes of wires to the audio jack on my laptops.

Are there any good options?

I bought a Bluetooth Plantronics Voyager 104, and it works well with bluetooth for my phone, and connects to my work laptop (Win/10). It paired with my antiX Linux laptop, but I didn’t find a way to get audio to play to it. I haven’t tried any recording, but assume that won’t work until audio out is working.

Does anyone have anything working of know how to make this work?

[Member Xecure]

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You need to install pulseaudio + bluetooth module or build bluez-alsa from source if you want it to work with alsa.

See this thread: https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic/i-cant-get-any-bluetooth-device-to-pair-with-my-pc/

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[Member olsztyn]

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BobC wrote:

Does anyone have anything working of know how to make this work?

I had the same issue and the only way to resolve it that I know is the solution described by Xecure above.

Live antiX Boot Options (Previously posted by Xecure):
https://antixlinuxfan.miraheze.org/wiki/Table_of_antiX_Boot_Parameters

[Moderator BobC]

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I was looking at the blues-alsa, but it looks like it would be a tricky install.

Pulse audio is not memory friendly, if I recall.

I hate all these wires…

[Member olsztyn]

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BobC wrote:

I was looking at the blues-alsa, but it looks like it would be a tricky install.

Pulse audio is not memory friendly, if I recall.

I hate all these wires…

I would not be even able to be wired to my TV box… I do need bluetooth…
For Bluetooth support in antiX I ended up installing Pulseaudio. Takes some toll on memory but seems to be adopted by almost every distro. No better alternative in sight, as much as I am memory footprint quite sensitive.
If I understood from a recent note from Xecure, anticapitalista could be coming up with Bluetooth solution for Bullseye, though…

Live antiX Boot Options (Previously posted by Xecure):
https://antixlinuxfan.miraheze.org/wiki/Table_of_antiX_Boot_Parameters

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