peasth...@shaw.ca writes: > From: lee <l...@yun.yagibdah.de> >> Alsa sucks. It's ridiculously difficult and more or less impossible to >> configure and to figure out why things don't work. > > Compared to Shorewall for example, which is superbly documented > and works as the documents describe.
On the other hand, alsa seems to work most of the time out of the box. That is an achievement. > Sorry to say that the problems with sound alone will deter any casual > user from considering Debian as an alternative to Windows. Maybe, if they have them. Perhaps being presented with choices and package management is a greater obstacle. Add to that non-working things and then ask why anyone would use it. > P.s., With alsa, was this simple procedure forgotten? > (1) Write the specifications and documentation. > (2) Write the software. > (3) Make sure the implementation is consistent with documents from (1). Debian has forgotten it with brokenarch. I wonder what will happen when people find out that there's no working 32bit support in the next release. -- Debian testing iad96 brokenarch -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87626pm832....@yun.yagibdah.de
