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Originally posted by DanL View PostI "gotta" call pure bullsh!t on that. Pulseaudio doesn't add a layer to ALSA. Rather, it replaces ALSA's software mixer ("dmix"), and it does a much better job than dmix if you RTFM and configure pulse for the best sound quality mixing.
(That was courtesy of a lovely 9.04 -> 9.10 upgrade)
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Originally posted by DanL View PostI "gotta" call pure bullsh!t on that. Pulseaudio doesn't add a layer to ALSA. Rather, it replaces ALSA's software mixer ("dmix"), and it does a much better job than dmix if you RTFM and configure pulse for the best sound quality mixing.
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Originally posted by tball View PostPulseaudio is one of the best things happened to desktop linux, as is randr.
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Originally posted by roentgen View PostPulse uses ALSA. You might consider the fact that alsa got better over time. Maybe at one time pulse solved some alsa issues but now alsa guys solved them themselves which kind of makes pulse obsolete.Last edited by tball; 24 July 2011, 09:23 AM.
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Originally posted by Nobu View PostPulse can solve problems with alsa similarly to how C++ can solve problems with C or assembly...
Originally posted by bwat47 View PostI can't stand those types of mics/headsets. TBH I have seen many people, including myself having issues with them even in windows. Ever since I moved to USB mics its been smooth sailing.
Originally posted by DanL View PostIf your sound card happens to have a hardware mixer that is supported by the ALSA driver, then I agree. Unfortunately, there are many(*10) people using onboard HDA audio and other devices where software mixing is required....much better job than dmix if you RTFM and configure pulse for the best sound quality mixing.
Why should you have to "RTFM and configure" your audio if you're not doing anything special? Just say no.
Anyway, @topic:
I think the major thing I dislike about Ubuntu is how they control so many other projects' release cycles. I don't use it personally, but they now have KDE releases and driver releases in their thrall, and now other distros are following the same pattern.
Otherwise, I dislike how Ubuntu goes to great lengths to hide any degree of complexity from all users (at least, that's how it feels from my standpoint). It makes support of new users by advanced users damn near impossible at times. The "advanced" answer should never be "try reinstalling the app" or "use a PPA". That is broken and wrong.
Oh, and Kubuntu is a disgrace. I'm very glad Mint seems to package it better, and I sincerely hope they make good on their threat to work from Debian as a base for Mint KDE.
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Originally posted by kraftman View PostFocus on one or few distributions and problems are gone.
Btw. could someone explain why I can't run some games on windows after upgrade to sp3? It's a pain.
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Originally posted by crazycheese View PostThey are *not designed* to be compatible at ABI, just for the sake binary compatibility is reason for the mess we have in windows.
Linux implemented much more elegant solution, cutting the problem in the root.
No, windows has much more versions, but they happen to break when running pre-pre-version and happen to need 9000 versions of older libraries, incl. bugs, incl. building functionality based on erratic behavior.
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