Fedora-7 rant #3: Sound

[Les Mikesell]

Antonio Olivares wrote:

>> Timothy Murphy wrote:
>>> If Fedora is to have the slightest chance of success in the real world
>>> then it must ensure that simple things like sound and printing
>>> just work "out of the box".

>> Just for the sake of having another data point for comparison, why don't 
>> you try booting the Ubuntu distribution CD to see if the effort they 
>> claim to be putting into user friendliness has made any difference?  You 
>> should be able to see that part in the run-from-CD mode without having 
>> to install anything.

 > He is not concerned for Ubuntu.  He wants for it to work in Fedora. 
 > > This is why he is asking/complaining/ranting on the fedora-list.

The advice you usually get when you want changes in fedora is "submit 
patches".  However the most attractive point about free software is that 
once something has been done correctly by anyone, everyone else can use 
it without repeating the work.  If you are going to rant, it doesn't 
seem like too much to ask to look in the obvious places to see if the 
improvement you want already exists.

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   Les Mikesell
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