On Thu, 2013-03-28 at 07:00 -0600, Jeff Jibson wrote: > "A solution in search of a problem," sounds like PulseAudio... oh, that was > written by Lennart Poettering too. That should be enough reason to make > you run in terror.
I love how many people are willng to dismiss Poettering's work because they can't be bothered to understand the problems he solves. Clearly you don't remember the dark days of esd and and it's slightly less crippled co-conspirator aRts. Complaining about PulseAudio is popular because some distros did a poor job of managing the transition, but can you honestly say you've evaluated the alternatives and want to go back? I mean seriously. This is as bad as peppering your conversation with references to MicroShaft of and Winblows. It might make you look cool in front of newbies, but you sound like a child to anyone who actually understands the situation. Can you even name any of the issues that PulseAudio addressed? Or perhaps you've been influenced by someone who thinks Jack should have won instead. You should realize that's still an admission that there was a problem and change was needed. Ask yourself, what possible motivation could a bunch of distros have to painfully rip out a core of the OS and replace it? Stupidity? Boredom? Or... maybe, just maybe, there was a real problem and you haven't bothered to understand the background because ad hominem is more fun. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
