Re: [AD] PulseAudio on Ubuntu

[Anders A. <tr...@gm...>]

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:26 PM, Thomas Fjellstrom <tfj...@sh...> wrote:
> On Mon October 12 2009, Matthew Leverton wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Paul Suntsov
>>
>> <sie...@ya...> wrote:
>> > I think the best solution is just wait it out, the new Ubuntu is coming
>> > out in 2 weeks and it will have the never version of it. Won't solve the
>> > issue for the LTS people, but I'm sure those have knowingly traded in
>> > newness for long term support.
>>
>> On the contrary. I'm sure they haven't expected Allegro to not compile
>> on Ubuntu. The best solution is to get it to work, as the incompatible
>> part that Allegro uses is trivial to the point of being useless for
>> most users.
>
> Half of all ubuntu users probably uninstall pulseaudio because it is broken to
> the point of being useless for most users.

Sure, those who can will uninstall PA. But I think Ubuntu also brings
in some people who aren't techy enough to do that.

I think Allegro should work on Ubuntu LTS and latest Ubuntu. Just to
be on the safe side.
The next LTS seems to be scheduled at Ubuntu 10.4 Lucid Lynx.