Re: Sound after upgrade to 11.1

On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:05:03 +0100, houghi <houghi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Paul J Gans wrote:
I agree with you. I've been a linux user since before kernel
version 1 (I go back to 0.92). In recent years I've come to
rely on it for work. I have two production machines, one a
server that *has* to work. It is still running 10.2 because
of upgrade difficulties with the hardware.

Is there a specific reason you need to upgrade it?

What I really want is a version of Linux that lets me use gcc,
tex, apache,and a few other steady programs without any problems
at all. I'm perfectly happy to run cutting edge stuff on my old
machine that I use for messing around with (and as a backup for
the others.)

Not sure about tex, but the others never gave me any problem.

And yes, I do need sound. I work with music in the background.
After all these years I do NOT understand why sound can not work
out of the box. Yes, I know about licensing and all that. But
I ought to be able to get an internet radio station and just have
that work.

Blame the internet radio stations for using closed formats instead of
open formats.


houghi

Houghi, I believe you are rationalizing.

I was in the shop where the guy was developing the "sound blaster"
system in Singapore many years ago. One guy in a little shop
determined to make an Apple ][ play music, now an industry standard.
Today, more then ten years after Linux became available, with
according to the open system hundreds, if not thousands, of
developers, sound is still problematic.

Nvidio is pretty much an industry standard system. Some of the cards
just don't work with Linux, a system that apparently is striving to
gain wider acceptance.

Linux documentation is generally poor. You even see requests for
someone to write documentation on sites that have released
applications. In other words, get it out the door even though it ain't
finished...

To be frank had Linus turned over an example of some of today's
distros as proof of his dissertation he might have failed the course.
Certainly if he turned over a dissertation as poorly written as some
of the current Linux application documentation he would have failed.

Certainly, overall, Linux is a good system. Hell! We are all using
it. But the devil is in the details and that is where the system seems
to have fallen down. I think we all have said something like, "Well,
the system is really great.... but there are a few problems...." More
then ten years after it was first released onto an unsuspecting
world..

Cheers,

Schweik
(goodsoldierschweikatgmaildotcom)
.

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