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Hi, |
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On Thu, 2012-05-10 at 06:34 +0200, Fabio Erculiani wrote: |
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> I think expressing my own opinion about Lennart-made software is my |
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> right, after all. |
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I would express my opinion about Fabio made software, but I've never |
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heard of any. |
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> Firstly, it's almost impossible nowadays to avoid including avahi, |
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> systemd and pulseaudio into a desktop distro so, there is no real |
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> choice. This issue became a sensible matter for those users who for |
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> instance, wanted to have a silly mp3 player working without going |
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> through the PA nonsense, really missing the old |
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> ALSA-oh-it-was-always-working days. |
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Maybe the reason every sensible distribution uses Avahi, Pulseaudio, etc |
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is because they are better than other solutions out there? |
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Do you think is a fast conspiracy to make your life suck? I believe |
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engineers in every distribution are looking at what's available and |
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picking what they think is the best solution, and it turns out Lennart |
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is pretty damn good at making useful software. |
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Was alsa always working? I remember spending hours trying to figure out |
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the right control in alsamixer and fighting with alsa's arcane |
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configuration languages (it has 3 different ones). And how do you deal |
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with modern technologies like Bluetooth audio without Pulseaudio |
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exactly? |
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> Of course, I am not only bringing my personal opinion here, but the |
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> one of the majority of users I've been talking with. |
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I think you only hear from users who like to complain, others are just |
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happy that everything works for them thanks to Pulseaudio, systemd, etc. |
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If you think that Lennart does not solve problems, maybe it's because |
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you don't even understand what the problems were? For example, I |
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encourage you to read about how the dynamic latency in PA allows for |
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lower power usage or how modern audio hardware is designed to use a |
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userspace sound server, etc. |
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Olivier CrĂȘte |
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tester@g.o |
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Gentoo Developer |