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authoradisbladis <adisbladis@gmail.com>2019-10-30 15:58:57 +0000
committeradisbladis <adisbladis@gmail.com>2019-10-30 16:00:08 +0000
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nixos.pulseaudio: Remove bad recommendation to use pulseaudio in system-wide mode
Upstream Pulseaudio has always stated that system-wide is not
recommended and comes with a number of usability and security drawbacks.
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/pulseaudio.nix b/nixos/modules/config/pulseaudio.nix
index b3bc4a451aa..9baad9b5854 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/pulseaudio.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/pulseaudio.nix
@@ -98,11 +98,12 @@ in {
         description = ''
           If false, a PulseAudio server is launched automatically for
           each user that tries to use the sound system. The server runs
-          with user privileges. This is the recommended and most secure
-          way to use PulseAudio. If true, one system-wide PulseAudio
+          with user privileges. If true, one system-wide PulseAudio
           server is launched on boot, running as the user "pulse", and
           only users in the "audio" group will have access to the server.
           Please read the PulseAudio documentation for more details.
+
+          Don't enable this option unless you know what you are doing.
         '';
       };