librepods
# show-and-tellh
hallowed-barista-57078
11/28/2025, 4:52 AMj
jolly-camera-78553
12/02/2025, 9:18 PMWhoa, this is an amazing find! My Airpods are my favorite no-nonsense headphones and Linux support is (understandably) not nearly as good as MacOS/iOS (but still works very well).
I'm very excited to check this out.
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hallowed-barista-57078
12/02/2025, 9:46 PMI love my AirPods (if I can find them lol) but every feature is only available under Apple’s eco system and is the reason why my next set of headphones are not going to be from them
hallowed-barista-57078
12/02/2025, 9:46 PMI haven’t had the chance to try this out but the idea is super dope
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jolly-camera-78553
12/02/2025, 9:57 PMI feel like even without the extra features (i.e. when pairing to Linux) they’re still so no-nonsense compared to other headphones
jolly-camera-78553
12/02/2025, 9:57 PMBut, maybe it’s because I haven’t paid for super premium headphones outside of Airpods 😂
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hallowed-barista-57078
12/02/2025, 10:27 PMI've had a couple other pairs of bluetooth headphones and I was at least able to get noise cancelling setup with both android and apple
hallowed-barista-57078
12/02/2025, 10:27 PM(I'm also just holding a grudge against apple lmao)
j
jolly-camera-78553
12/02/2025, 10:30 PMLike noise canceling in the OS/i.e. without having to do a hardware gesture/toggle?
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hallowed-barista-57078
12/02/2025, 10:31 PMyes, but required another app
hallowed-barista-57078
12/02/2025, 10:31 PMit worked great on all my systems though
j
jolly-camera-78553
12/02/2025, 10:32 PMMy Airpods do noise canceling on Linux but I have to do the hardware toggle to switch it. And obviously, there’s the audio codec degredation issue of switching between mic and no mic — but I don’t think that’s an Apple exclusive thing, right?
jolly-camera-78553
12/02/2025, 10:33 PMi.e. don’t most headphones have proprietary audio codecs that make audio+microphone not so good on Linux?
jolly-camera-78553
12/02/2025, 10:33 PMLike, it works, just not super high quality
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hallowed-barista-57078
12/02/2025, 10:33 PMI guess it depends on the headphones yeah
hallowed-barista-57078
12/02/2025, 10:34 PMI didn't really have any issues of the sort except on airpods (cannot remember names of the ones I had rn)
hallowed-barista-57078
12/02/2025, 10:34 PMthat's also just my experience so 🤷♂️
hallowed-barista-57078
12/02/2025, 10:35 PMI also like to beef with apple whenever I can though 😆
j
jolly-camera-78553
12/02/2025, 10:36 PMFor me, I think Apple’s really tough to beat from a hardware perspective but basically all other avenues are free game 😂
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hallowed-barista-57078
12/02/2025, 10:36 PMreal
hallowed-barista-57078
12/02/2025, 10:37 PMairpods themselves are awesome I just don't appreciate the proprietary software side of things (tracking, mode switches, etc.) because I need to track down some form of apple device to even consider setting it up
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hallowed-barista-57078
12/02/2025, 10:37 PMNOOO
hallowed-barista-57078
12/02/2025, 10:37 PMthat's tragic
j
jolly-camera-78553
12/02/2025, 10:38 PMI was most excited about the implications on Linux. I feel like Airpods on Android are already pretty smooth — but definitely not against the added features
jolly-camera-78553
12/02/2025, 10:40 PMRegardless, the Pixel I ordered should be here soon so I will let you know how it goes!!! 😂
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hallowed-barista-57078
12/02/2025, 10:40 PMI'm going to get one too lol
hallowed-barista-57078
12/02/2025, 10:40 PMkeep us posted
j
jolly-camera-78553
12/04/2025, 3:49 AMI just noticed you can't use Librepods without rooting your Android -- so I won't be using it on my Pixel with Graphene 😭😭😭