[linux-audio-dev] Re: What Parts of Linux Audio Simply Work Great?

[Jay Vaughan]

>Agreed, but as I tried to indicate, there's a boatload of helpful
>information out there. jwz writes *as if it doesn't exist*.

he writes simply this: he shouldn't have to freakin' care.

maybe this is linus' fault for not putting in all the kernel patches 
needed to make ALSA "just work", eh?

>I've written one book and about fifty articles and columns about
>Linux audio-related topics. I've maintained the site at
>linux-sound.org for nearly ten years, so I'll say it again: If
>someone complains that there's insufficient resources on this topic,
>then I say they're just not looking very hard.

i remember discussing the founding of linux-sound.org with you at 
NAMM, almost ten years ago, Dave.

>Wikis, blogs, mail
>lists, chat sites, soft & hard copy print material, instructional
>videos, it's all available to anyone who will take the time to look.
>

its sound, why shouldn't it just work, the same way that the mouse 
just works?  don't answer that with technical reasons, answer it with 
emotional ones, please, just for a change ...

>Oh btw: I happened to re-read jwz's whinefest re: Linux video apps,
>right after I finished watching my Criminal Intent DVDs with xine.
>The irony was delicious.

i do hope you're taking the dates of a: his rant, and b: your current 
xine build timestamp, into account..

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Jay Vaughan