My thoughts on this subject are relatively straightforward and easy to
express. What you've described below is already available. In Windoze.
*** I more or less expected this elitist garbage from somebody. Do you run
KDE or GNOME? If so, stop. Immediately. As in, right now. They're
nothing but rip-offs of the lame Windows desktop. ***
Elitist? My apologies if that's how I sounded. The point is that we're
free to choose.
No, I don't run KDE or Gnome. And I personally think your argument has merit,
although I wouldn't have labeled the Windoze desktop "lame".
There's a reason I don't run M$'s junk, apart from its instability. I *enjoy*
learning, doing, customizing, and just playing around sometimes.
*** So do I. That's why I use Linux too. But ALSA can stand some
improvement. Though I can already see that this conversation is going
nowhere and getting there fast. ***
Of course it can be improved!
Linux isn't terribly easy, it isn't a Windoze wannabe, and it seems to
me that anyone wanting such a "system" should feel free to use it.
*** Translation: It's complicated to configure ALSA on purpose to keep
"icky people" from using it. Yeah! Keep those stupid lusers out. Nice
attitude. ***
Why the defensiveness? "Icky people"? No, nor is the M$ crowd "lusers", it's
simply a group with different preferences. I seriously doubt that many
programmers set out to make something complicated for the sake of
complication.
As for M$'s "benchmarks", that's not a reason for screaming, it's more a
cause for laughter.
*** Linus didn't seem to think so. But of course, I'm sure he bows to the
greater wisdom of one Stephen Stocker. ***
Linus is free to give M$'s claims whatever credence he sees fit, as am I.
I've seen all I ever care to of M$. If you feel differently, no one's
suggesting that you're inferior, or a "luser" because of it.
I'm not going to comment further on this topic, everyone has a preference and
the choice to use whatever suits them. Considering that ALSA is a Linux
system, I assume that most people using it prefer Linux.
Take care,
Steve
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