Re: [linux-audio-user] MDK Survey Results

3. Problems with alsa sound quality on certain devices If these are alsa-specific problems (occur on other distros), please report them to alsa-project.org. If they are Mandrake specific, it would be nice if you could test the 9.1beta2 release to see if we have fixed it yet. If not, please report to http://qa.mandrakesoft.com.

4. Drakx (our installer) too simplistic With most new distros tending toward MORE simplistic installers, I have a hard time understanding this. Try expert mode first. If that's still too simple for you, you're welcome to make suggestions at mailto:cooker@mandrakesoft.com our developers' mailing list. We have added a rudimentary sound card and sound system (alsa/oss) configurator in the Mandrake Control Panel, so you can change sound system and card quite easily at any time.

5a. Drakx doesn't detect/configure USB audio Pixel, the mastermind behind our installer was very surprised by this. He says if you send him your /proc/bus/usb/devices list, he will fix the problem. The exception is the Extigy. Currently it's not detected, and they're not sure if we can include the drivers for it.

Now for requested applications. To my surprise, most of these we do not include. I will do my best to get most of them included in 9.1. Some others we already include, or can't include. I'll comment below.

Requested that we include already: snd mplayer Requested that we can't include: cinelerra (includes mp3 encoder) lame (ditto) both may be available at plf.zarb.org, a site run by outlaws :-) realplay (proprietary, available at www.mandrakeclub.com) Requested that we don't plan to include: broadcast 2000 (obsolete, hard to maintian) Requested that I know Tobbe is working on currently: ardour qjackconnect csound cecelia rtsynth swami muse pd ceres vkeyb all are available for Mandrake 9.0 at: http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.0.html but are completely unsupported They will be in 9.1 for sure. Requested that I will personally look into: kaconnect amsynth spiral* (won't compile with gcc 3.2.1, will need to ask author to fix) freqtweak jmax seq24 Finally for favorite apps. I wanted to know what apps we should focus on, as well as estimate how well we are doing at including popular apps. Favorite apps we include: 56% of votes Favorite apps we don't include (yet): 38% of votes Favorite apps we can't/won't include: 6% of votes So it looks like we're not doing too bad! Looks like 9.1 could include 94% of your favorite apps. I really want to thank you all again for your help. Mandrake 9.1 should be released in April. Until then feel free to ask questions, pose suggestions, and submit bug reports. I will be on this list indefinitely I hope, as I'm a heavy Audacity user. :-) Austin