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Interestingly, 9 times out of 10, when somebody says that they have had a problem with PusleAudio, they later tell me that they were using Ubuntu while it happe
by jlgreco 13y ago
Interestingly, 9 times out of 10, when somebody says that they have had a problem with PusleAudio, they later tell me that they were using Ubuntu while it happened.
Did I say "interestingly"? I'm sorry, I think I meant "suspiciously, but not longer surprisingly".
Ubuntu ships an unstable product packaged inexpertly, sells it to users as "the certified bees knees", then heaps all blame onto other projects.
- Flimm 13y agoI'm not sure why you find that anecdotal number suspicious. If most PulseAudio users are using Ubuntu, of course most PulseAudio problems are going to be discovered on Ubuntu.
- jlgreco 13y agoNo as the plurality of people in my circles use other distros. I am talking about a heavily disproportionate rate of issues coming from Ubuntu users.
- vidarh 13y agoOr perhaps Ubuntu users have higher expectations of being able to "just buy random hardware" or include more non-technical users. I can't really tell, as I'm not in either group, nor have ever experienced any of the dreaded Pulse Audio problems. I'm not saying I like it - but only because it "just works" for me, enough that I have not bothered to learn enough about it to have any reasons to like or dislike it. Which I suppose means I really ought to like it given how troublesome audio on Linux has been at various times over the years.
- chris_wot 13y agoWithout knowing the specific problems they experienced, this is all speculation.
- Mikeb85 13y agoPulse works just fine on openSUSE, Fedora, Arch, etc.... I've had plenty of issues with Ubuntu, never with Pulse though....