# Working Apps

# OBS

# Install

Just install from the Discover Shop

# Plugins

## Pipewire Audio Capture

### Description

Let's you capture any application sound individually

### Install

[https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/pipewire-audio-capture.1458/](https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/pipewire-audio-capture.1458/)

# Discord

# Install

You can install from the discovery store but i had varying success with it so instead i used the flathub installation system : [https://flathub.org/en/apps/com.discordapp.Discord](https://flathub.org/en/apps/com.discordapp.Discord)

# Vivaldi

# Install

Vivaldi has issues when installed through the discovery app so i prefer to download the rpm package through their website : [https://vivaldi.com/fr/download/](https://vivaldi.com/fr/download/)

It may crash the first time you start it and I have no idea why but it just works afterwards.

# Steam

# Install

So steam was more of an issue because it wasn't showing at first in the app but if you go in discovery and then in settings you will find all the repositories you can download from and some of them are unchecked ( you need to have selected the fact you can use third party repositories during the installation process of Fedora KDE otherwise you might not see this option )

I checked everything that's steam related and also the main rpm Fusion non free otherwise some packages might not download (you probably don't need steam debug and steam source but I'm new to this too :P)

[![](https://docs.exploudyourear.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/scaled-1680-/image-1771533757408.png)](https://docs.exploudyourear.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-02/image-1771533757408.png)

After that you just need to search steam and you should be able to find it now.

# BattleNet

# Install

So if you want to install battlenet and play anygame on it you will need a layer to do so. You have multiple solutions :

- Make BattleNet a steam game
- Lutris
- Heroic
- Others that i don't remember

I tried the steam thing first and it was a great idea ... until it was became a mess depending on if you are on kde or gnome, the version of fedora, ...

So i went for Lutris which works very well outside of the fact that the login window can glitch out sometimes but you just need to over with the mouse and stuff should reappear.

## Lutris

Just download lutris from the discovery app, start it, look for battlenet follow the step by step instructions and when you do something like closing the login window and nothing happens just trust the process and wait ... go make a coffee or something i guess.

# StreamDeck

# Install

Just download and follow the opendeck docs it's perfect : [https://github.com/nekename/OpenDeck](https://github.com/nekename/OpenDeck)

# Sound

# Mix

On **Fedora 43**, you don’t install “virtual drivers” the Windows way.
With PipeWire (which Fedora uses by default), you create **virtual devices (nodes)** such as sinks (outputs) or sources (inputs). These act like Voicemeeter’s virtual inputs/outputs.

Below are the main methods — from simple to advanced.

---

# ✅ Method 1 — Create a Virtual Sink (most common)

This creates a **virtual output device** that applications can send audio to. You can then route it wherever you want.

### 1️⃣ Create the virtual sink

```bash
pactl load-module module-null-sink sink_name=VirtualSink sink_properties=device.description=VirtualSink
```

You now have a new output device called **VirtualSink**.

---

### 2️⃣ Create a virtual microphone (optional)

If you want something like a “virtual mic” (for Discord/OBS):

```bash
pactl load-module module-remap-source master=VirtualSink.monitor source_name=VirtualMic source_properties=device.description=VirtualMic
```

Now **VirtualMic** appears as an input device in apps.

---

### 3️⃣ Make it persistent (survive reboot)

Create this file:

```bash
mkdir -p ~/.config/pipewire/pipewire-pulse.conf.d
nano ~/.config/pipewire/pipewire-pulse.conf.d/virtual-devices.conf
```

Add:

```ini
context.modules = [
  { name = libpipewire-module-null-audio-sink
    args = {
      node.name = "VirtualSink"
      node.description = "VirtualSink"
      media.class = "Audio/Sink"
    }
  }
]
```

Then restart PipeWire:

```bash
systemctl --user restart pipewire pipewire-pulse
```

---

# 🎛 Method 2 — Use a Patchbay (Graphical Way)

Much easier if you don’t like CLI.

## 🔌 qpwgraph

qpwgraph

![Image](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Qpwgraph_screenshot.png)

![Image](https://dl.flathub.org/media/org/rncbc/qpwgraph/7dafd2289729d1346e94f769766cfcc3/screenshots/image-1_orig.png)

![Image](https://i.imgur.com/z2NE3BU.png)

![Image](https://librearts.org/2024/09/record-browser-audio/qpwgraph.webp)

Install:

```bash
sudo dnf install qpwgraph
```

Launch:

```bash
qpwgraph
```

You can visually connect:

* App → Virtual Sink
* Virtual Sink → Hardware Output
* Virtual Sink → OBS / Discord

---

## 🔌 Helvum (simpler UI)

Helvum

![Image](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Helvum_patchbay_screenshot.png)

![Image](https://imgproxy.flathub.org/insecure/dpr%3A1/f%3Awebp/rs%3Afill-down/aHR0cHM6Ly9kbC5mbGF0aHViLm9yZy9tZWRpYS9vcmcvcGlwZXdpcmUvSGVsdnVtLzIyNjA5ZTIxOTg0MDVjODFjMWU5OTFkYmM1OTU2MTFiL3NjcmVlbnNob3RzL2ltYWdlLTFfb3JpZy5wbmc)

![Image](https://dl.flathub.org/media/org/pipewire/Helvum/22609e2198405c81c1e991dbc595611b/screenshots/image-1_orig.png)

![Image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/14234815/189139178-99036463-bea5-4385-8cde-eade84dd2b4e.png)

Install:

```bash
sudo dnf install helvum
```

Very simple drag-and-connect interface.

---

# 🎚 Method 3 — PulseMeeter (Voicemeeter-style interface)

PulseMeeter

![Image](https://pypi-camo.freetls.fastly.net/e8dda2be9738750a3b0eac718eb47477e89551fa/68747470733a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f4c344b5a4571562e706e67)

![Image](https://r2.gear4music.com/media/116/1166594/600/preview.jpg)

![Image](https://joe.ptrkv.ch/assets/voicemeeter-inputs.png)

![Image](https://vb-audio.com/Voicemeeter/VoicemeeterConnectionDiagram.gif)

This is the closest conceptual match to Voicemeeter:

* Virtual inputs
* Virtual outputs
* Routing matrix
* Volume control

Install:

```bash
sudo dnf install pulsemeter
```

(If not in repo, use GitHub release or COPR.)

---

# 🧠 What You Usually Want (Common Scenarios)

### 🎮 Route Game + Spotify → One virtual device → Discord

Create:

* VirtualSink
* VirtualMic (monitor of sink)
* Set Discord mic to VirtualMic
* Route apps into VirtualSink

---

### 🎥 OBS separation (game + mic separate)

Create:

* 2 null sinks
* Route each app separately
* Capture each sink monitor in OBS

---

# 🔎 Check Existing Devices

```bash
pactl list short sinks
pactl list short sources
```

---

# ⚡ Important

Because Fedora uses **PipeWire**, you do *not* need:

* PulseAudio replacement
* Kernel drivers
* External sound drivers

Virtual devices are just software nodes.

---

If you tell me your exact goal (streaming? mixing mic + music? dual PC? Discord routing?), I can give you the exact commands and layout for your setup.

# Vtube Studio

# How to install

Staight from Steam it should work

# Spout for Vtube Studio to OBS

[https://github.com/hoshinolina/spout2pw/wiki](https://github.com/hoshinolina/spout2pw/wiki)