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by prmoustache 1461 days ago
Can't discord's web version share a screen? If not, why?

If the only issue with bt is sound, there are some usb dongles that are recognized as a sound card and do the bluetooth part outside of the OS. You have to trust the manufacturer though. If there are other requirements such as file sharing, they usually can be done easily another way.

I am not sure who and why would anyone using openbsd want to mount an ntfs filesystem on a regular basis to do large transfers.

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> Can't discord's web version share a screen? If not, why?

IIRC the Discord webapp didn't have an option to share the screen. I only tried Firefox not Chrome.

> If the only issue with bt is sound, there are some usb dongles that are recognized as a sound card and do the bluetooth part outside of the OS. You have to trust the manufacturer though. If there are other requirements such as file sharing, they usually can be done easily another way.

True. I only have 2 USB ports on this laptop though, so it would have been an annoyance.

> I am not sure who and why would anyone using openbsd want to mount an ntfs filesystem on a regular basis to do large transfers.

My use case was copying video files to an NTFS flash drive. I'm not sure how common a problem it is for desktop/laptop users.