I want my distribution to work out of the box with existing code. PulseAudio does not, so it will not be included. It is Ubuntu/Canonical's choice which path they wish to take.
This is not the first difference between infinityOS and Ubuntu. infinityOS uses a hybrid of Gnome and Xfce. I will keep in contact with upstream. There is no hard feelings. ;P Ryan On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 11:54 PM, Jonathan Blackhall <johnny.one....@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 10:32 PM, Ryan Oram <r...@infinityos.net> wrote: >> I am seriously considering implementing OSS4 as an alternative to >> PulseAudio/ALSA in the next major version of infinityOS. I would like >> it if users of Ubuntu could have the same benefits in terms of >> functionality, but at the very least my users will have (and do have) >> a sound system that works out of the box for games. >> > > I have to reiterate what other people are saying. PA has been working > well for me at LEAST since Karmic, if not Jaunty or before. I was able > to buy World of Goo (for linux) and Portal (via Wine), and the sound > worked for both of them without any configuring. Not to mention that > I can chat on Skype with a bluetooth headset now. As Ben said, if > you're having a problem it sounds like there's a good chance it's on > the game's end. Just because one or a few games that you want aren't > working right, it doesn't mean we should throw out the whole system. > > Jonathan > -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss