On 6 May 2010 02:31, Ryan Oram <r...@infinityos.net> wrote: > On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 9:13 PM, Dmitrijs Ledkovs > <dmitrij.led...@ubuntu.com> wrote: >> Generalisation..... I know plenty of people who play games and do not >> know how to edit *plain* text files. > > In order to get most emulators (which at this point sadly are what
what is an emulator? i play games on facebook & xbox. > people are going to be using to play games) and native games to work yofrankie works fine so does skype here. > on Ubuntu, you have to remove PulseAudio, install aoss and, if the > emulator/games uses SDL, libsdl1.2debian-oss as SDL seems to have > timing problems with ALSA (especially with games made using the > Allegro library/toolkit). > > It is broken to the point that the OpenSonic FAQ recommends that you > remove PulseAudio when installing. > http://opensnc.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/FAQ#The_game_has_no_sound.21_.28Linux.29 > you lost me at installing "emulator" i play games & listen music in my kitchen. >> I don't know how to configure Linux to do that. I use the PA sliders. >> Thanks to avahi I was able to stream music to my kitchen without >> editing any textfiles. >> >> I would not be able to do this without PA. > > Is your average user is going to be streaming audio to his kitchen? > In US & Canada a lot of people do. > I think Ubuntu should be focusing on getting its audio system to work > out of the box for common usage situations. Playing native games and > emulators is much more common usage situation then Bluetooth headsets > (hell I gave mine up as it was much more of a pain on any OS then a > corded/RF headset) and streaming audio to another computer. > We got streaming audio & bluetooth audio for free. I don't see any "emulators" in ubuntu main so I don't understand why should it be a focus for ubuntu. As for games the default set of games & more advanced like yofrankie work fine. > Less common situations can be addressed by FAQs and documentation. For me "emulators" is a niche situation. And so is for all of my hosemates and family. Only a few of us are gamers and they use xbox. > Chances are if a user wants to stream audio to his kitchen or use a > bluetooth headset, he will be looking online for documentation and > help anyways. > On Mac & Windows streaming audio and using bluetooth headsets is dead simple using manufacturer cd (which everyone installs) and using iTunes for streaming. Why should one look up documentation & help on Ubuntu when it's painlessly done on a Mac? How *easy* is it to setup "emulators" on windows? > A user will not expect to have to configure his audio system to play > games. He will expect it to work by default. > Default games work. You have operating system already. Work on, it make it unique, profit. > Ryan > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
