Re: kernel sound

[nospam [at] cliffestones.demon.co.uk]

Will most definitely has a point.

In my experience the windows auto install of new hardware is excellent,
when it works which it does most of the time. When it doesn't work or
when it gets it wrong it can be the uber pig.

I seem to remember RH5.2 having stock kernel support for everything.
When I ran sound config it thought my Winmodem was a sound card. It
took me a while to work around that one. But when I did I learned some
thing. As a user machine I would imagine it is far easier to use than a
windows machine. As I am both user/admin I can't tell really.
The sysadmin role is very different. A Win 98 box can run Office play
quake browse the web run personal webserver and a few other fun things
A Linux box equipped with any boxed set really comes with a lot more.
The difference is choice. I don't think Linux is better or worse than
Win, just different. Linux isn't really meant to be installed by a user
type. If you want to get the most out of your Linux box you've got to
be prepared to get your hands dirty on the sysadmin side. I am still a
newbie I've only been running linux for 9 months. Compared to the rest
of the list I know very little. In those 9 months I've learned loads
about how the machine works. It's a trade off I suppose between work
out of the box ability and stability/choice

I just think to myself How complex a car and driving is compared to a
computer and how much time and money I spent learning to drive

Linux will never be bleading edge on the Hardware side until pple stop
developing with MS in mind.

I use the Alsa snd drivers probably worth while using them over OSS. If
your card is supported. I could be wrong. I only have to modprobe one
module the oss pcm support one

The main point is if you want ease of use and install buy a Mac
I macs work so well because they are all the same.

If you want support for more systems than most and lots of
configureabilty if that's a word try Linux

MS exists somewhere in between.

They all have their own learning curves they appeal to different people

There's always BSD Solaris, even RISCOS

Linux isn't trying to replace MS, just to be good OS for certain tasks
and people

this is vastly off topic sorry

SMB.

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