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secret character
Joined: 12 Jul 2008
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 Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:48 am |
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| Hey, Ubuntu user here. I've been running it for about a year and a half now, dual-booting with a copy of Windows XP. Recently I've been almost exclusively using Ubuntu, though every once in a while there are things I need Windows for. I do have to fight with it a bit every once in a while (usually due to inexplicable changes in user rights to certain folders), but I like the fact that there's always something I can do about it if I look hard enough. |
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secret character
Joined: 12 Jul 2008
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| Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 5:54 am |
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| Yeah, I did some reading up on the sound issue with Ubuntu (and Linux in general) a couple months ago. It really is just a total mess. I managed to install OSS4 and it's been serving me pretty well ever since. |
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secret character
Joined: 12 Jul 2008
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| Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 1:01 am |
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| Laurel Soup wrote: |
I've been very tempted to go that route. I was worried since it wasn't the official Ubuntu sound thingie, I might be shooting myself in the foot even harder for compatibility though. That ain't the case?
Pulse does work a hell of a lot better in Intrepid than Hardy. Let's hope they make more progress, and the WINE team finally gets on board.
Oh, and as a SB-ty aside, anyone need the Linux port of Cave Story? Last I checked the site that hosted it disappeared. |
OSS4 is still OSS, and is backwards compatible with all the same API functions. OSS was pretty much a standard for Linux for a long time, and it's still rare to come across software that doesn't support it. The only thing I've had to work around was that Ubuntu's standard sound mixer control GUI doesn't work with it, and there's a nice short terminal command to bring up one for OSS4 anyways. Otherwise, compatibility has not been an issue for me.
Pulse has its share of problems, the main one being that it is multiple layers of abstraction making it pretty inefficient--if I remember correctly, that is. I could try to find the thread on ubuntuforums.org that I got most of my information from if you like.
And I didn't even know that a Linux port of Cave Story even existed. That might be a nice thing to have. |
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