The irony... It's palpable.
The irony... It's palpable.
Seems very little has changed.Originally Posted by Yarin
http://cboard.cprogramming.com/brief...ame-board.html
+1 for Lubuntu, it is very minimalist, giving you a small core set of applications to do everyday tasks and not a bunch of extra garbage like Ubuntu has. It is somewhat modeled after Windows, having the "start" button in the lower left hand corner, and many Windows shortcuts are present already such as win + e. It's very lightweight and starts quickly, even on old hardware. If you want a bunch of fancy graphic crap, then get Ubuntu, otherwise get Lubuntu.
Besides being exactly what I want in terms of usability etc., I also love the fact that I don't have to do much at all to get things exactly the way I want them from a vanilla install. I basically add/remove some packages, tweak the power management settings, and disable bluetooth manager. Everything else is already set the exact way I want it.
I have found that using PulseAudio instead of ALSA directly helps programs with glitchy audio playback. Never had to mess with anything on the driver side.
You sound like you might be a little out of the loop.
Yeah, I can vouch for this. Though, using ALSA directly always works fine for me when PulseAudio isn't around to begin with.
Oh man, I completely missed that thread.
Huh.
I was gonna say, that sounded a lot like something Elysia would say because Elysia is all into Windows and Visual Studio and all that jazz.
Edit : I just read that thread and wow, that was kind of funny because I saw how you used all those quotes, Yarin. I lol'd.
You know, but each person can use what they're comfortable with. I used 7 and liked it until my HDD died and I wasn't buying my own OS.
Last edited by MutantJohn; 10-08-2014 at 04:32 PM.
You realize the OS is tied to the computer, not the hard drive, right?
I, uh, lost my Windows key... Absolutely irretrievable.
I recently had some issues getting stuff to use my USB sound card instead of the (dead) built-in one, and had an issue where Skype notifications would pause all other sounds. Both of these are solved now but were cause for some frustration. Not though, I am not using Ubuntu, and Ubuntu actually handled these things just fine. Not saying that they are big issues but audio setup is something I have found that can be a little tricky on Linux.
STL Util a small headers-only library with various utility functions. Mainly for fun but feedback is welcome.
O_oNot saying that they are big issues but audio setup is something I have found that can be a little tricky on Linux.
The situation is still far from perfect, but the support for audio has come an extremely long way.
I had to jump through some extremely ugly hoops (ESD->PulseAudio->ALSA) to get any audio just a few years back.
Before anyone gives up on "Linux" for lack of audio, install "GStreamer" over "PulseAudio" (over "ALSA") and always remember to unmute the master volume. I've seen that combination fix a great deal of audio problems, and the default mute trips a lot of people.
Soma
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“Four isn't random!” -- Gibbering Mouther
Hmm... You know, I've had sound issues in Linux too. In Arch, I had to change something from being event-based to time-based but I can't quite remember. I usually just follow the wiki without thinking lol. And for some reason, Skype and Linux kind of argue about what my volumes should be.
I've also been curious into how I use my GPU for audio as well. Apparently modern nVidia GPUs are supposed to come with sound cards but I've been too lazy to set out and do it.
Basically any video card with an HDMI connector should have a basic DAC for generating the audio signal. I would think this would be handled automatically if you're using an HDMI port.
I feel like I just got to the twist in a M.Night Shyamalan movie.
WndProc = (2[b] || !(2[b])) ? SufferNobly : TakeArms;
By computer do you mean motherboard or network card?
Or, something else?
Tim S.
"...a computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are,in short, a perfect match.." Bill Bryson
By computer, I mean the physical device on which the OS came installed on. Sure, upgrading it or switching out parts may "invalidate" the license due to how Windows is activated, but that's details. I don't know the specific details anyway.
