[linux-audio-user] Saving Alsa Mixer Settings

[Lee Revell]

On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 14:39 -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 12:28 -0600, Dave Price wrote:
> > Nigel,  
> > 
> > Yes, I am using KDE.  I have now read the alsactl man page, and run (as
> > sudo ) 'alsactl store'
> 
> Why is KDE so stupid?

More precisely:  Why doesn't KDE just exec "alsactl store" to save its
settings, rather than its own mysterious KDE-specific method?

IMHO this illustrates a key difference in the Gnome/KDE philosophy where
Gnome is clearly superior.  When confronted with a problem like saving
mixer settings the KDE people seem to go for whatever is easiest to get
working, while the Gnome people will wait for a *correct* solution, even
if it means KDE gets $FOO feature before them.

Any software engineer worth their salt will tell you that the easiest
cheapest solution is almost always WRONG.

Lee