status Rejected I understand your frustration, but the bugtracker is not meant for endless ranting.
The sound system has improved a lot in the Dapper timeframe by switching to alsa by default and there is ongoing work to improve it even more (which is indeed needed) ** Changed in: Ubuntu Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- Sound is a total mess. https://launchpad.net/bugs/50171 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs