[LAD] Guide to Linux Sound APIs

[Wolfgang Woehl]

Gene Heskett:

> Fix that, so there is a working dialog path back from the user to
> the developer, and maybe it can be made to work.  As it is, the
> documentation on it is non-existent, and we the users feel like
> we're battling with M$, a generally futile endeavor, and that is
> gonna lead to a lot of profanity & name calling.  This is after
> all, linux, where choice is a talking point.

Hi Gene, I think that the complaint should be aimed at distributions, 
really. If they choose to ship foo they should make sure it works. 
Which they tend to do to some (large) extent.

In the past all of us had to realize that the minute we wanted to 
deviate from what a distribution considered to be a "standard system" 
(like in your case 2 sound devices) we were pretty much on our own. I 
might add that the ensuing research is only sometimes painful. Usually 
it is just a hell of a ride, isn't it :)

So I think there is a huge demand for more and better integration on 
the distribution side, for user tools to make not-so-standard stuff 
just work as well. Which is A Lot Of Work, right? We'll get there, 
slowly, I'm sure.

Wolfgang