On 07/31/2009 08:46 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote:
> Uh, I don't use pulseaudio at all, just alsa, and I can run
> audacious,
> vlc and mplayer simultaneously and hear all of them. Of
> course, I can't
> set the volume of each individually, but why would I want
> to do this in
> the first place.
>
> Most recent (last 10 years) sound hardware has a hardware
> mixer. You
> don't need a software layer to make it work.
>
But the developers give it to you for FREE*, even though you might not be interested in
it? and it may not work for you, but will still get it whether you want to or not? Nah, I
am just answering for the FUN OF IT :)
hope no one is offended, just trying to have a bit of fun here!
BTW,
I don't know why but *it seems to me* that Fedora will jump to kernel 2.6.31 as soon
as it is released. Just yesterday 2.6.30.4 was released and I have it installed learning
the patching process and applying it. Why do I believe that Fedora will jump to 2.6.31?,
since on rawhide 2.6.31.rc kernels are being run, and also that Fedora skipped 2.6.28
kernels altogether and jumped to 2.6.29.X kernels :)
I apologize in advance for the (BTW), but since I know that John runs latest kernels and
I am kind of following this trend. It does feel strange not to be running an official
Fedora kernel, but Fedora is staying behind, for [1], [2], [3]? reasons. Also while on
this topic, will Fedora 12 move to gcc 4.5 snapshots since gcc has been bumped to 4.4.1?
Regards,
Antonio
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[1] the hack that defeated selinux and other security problems with null pointers
[2] too many features are present in 2.6.30 that might break systems so developers are
playing it safe
[3] will jump to 2.6.31 kernels because those are being tested via rawhide and new
features introduced that it would be safe to jump this way?
I was just expressing some irritation at pulseaudio. Remember how bad
network manager was when it was first released? I expect that pulseaudio
will eventually turn into a first class audio system, it just needs some
more work.
I don't expect that F11 will get a 2.6.31 kernel, do you? Of course,
nothing should stop anyone from installing it themselves, I know I will.
I don't run the latest 2.6.31rc kernels, because I do need to use my
computer (for something other than kernel testing).
Of course, F12 will have 2.6.31 so it makes sense for it to be in
rawhide now.
Regards,
John