Re: [Alsa-user] Audio CDs don't work on ALSA system.

[Eric J. <al...@xm...>]

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 15:55:15 -0500
Lee Revell <rlr...@jo...> wrote:


> You know, these are all stupid application bugs.  I am really shocked
> sometimes when I see how stupid little things like this all add up to a
> user experience that just feels shoddy compared to those other OS.  It
> would be SO EASY to just make it work like Windows (aka THE WAY PEOPLE
> EXPECT IT TO) here.  And no, the issue is not that the vendors cheaped
> out on a 2 cent cable.  You get better audio from a CD using digital
> extraction (for example you can correct errors by re-reading sectors,
> etc) than by just trusting the DAC on the drive & soundcard.  But it's
> more work to get that right. 


   Linux applications are necessarily written for a different audience than
windows applications. Your comments indicate that perhaps you are not part
of the intended audience. 


> Didn't anyone ever head of "genius is in the details"?  With all the
> fscking money Red Hat and IBM and Novell sink into Linux development,
> and all the stupid hype about "Linux on the desktop", you would think
> that by now there would be someone, somewhere, whose JOB it is to catch
> things like this before they get out the door.
> 
> Depressing.


   How much money did you sink into Linux development? 

   I agree that 'linux on the desktop' is stupid hype. My friends and
family all trying to use linux is one of my recurring nightmares. 

   I no more want the average person to use linux than i want blind people
to drive. I'll give them driving lessons when they can see the road. Might
be nice if average people were using OSX or something, though.

   Linux isn't for most people. Sounds like it's not for you. Please go
away, we have things to do.