On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 23:54 +0100, Stephen Mollett wrote: > I may not object to compiling my own software but I have seen countless > disgruntled users who have tried Linux after seeing me using it with apparent > ease then given up in disgust a few weeks (or even a few hours) later when > they can't get basic functionality to work properly or at all. They then pop > in a Windows CD and have a fully-working system in an hour or so. The worst > of this is that they then spread the word to all their friends that Linux is > a waste of time for "normal" people - which doesn't exactly do the "cause" > much good. (It does, however, boost my reputation as some kind of IT > planet-brain... I'm not sure whether that's a good thing or not, given that > it raises expectations at "point of delivery".)
This isn't a Linux problem, you picked a bad distro. Try Ubuntu or something. I don't understand why something called "Mandrake 2006" would use a kernel released almost a year ago. Lee _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user