Contributor swalko

Is ALSA enough for sound quality, or better than Windows' sound?

I heard that OSSv4.0 released with source codes in 2007.
* http://www.opensound.com/press/2007/oss-gpl-cddl.txt
* http://www.opensound.com/

I read a post about OSS and want to share.
* http://insanecoding.blogspot.com/2007/05/sorry-state-of-sound-in-linux.html

If you read the post in the address i gave, the writer says that OSS was good enough in architect and was reliable, there was no need to write a new code. Also he says its easier to develop software and its crossplatform (OSS), and ALSA has lots of functions which are not used and slow. I read it and want to hear about these arguments. The post sounds me true but i wonder if OSS can be integrated in Ubuntu without any license problem. Is there any way to be default?

Maybe some parts of OSS can be taken to ALSA, so we get more hardware support? Or architect of ALSA may be changed like OSS and can be cross-platform? Or OSS can be used by default.

Many friends don't use Ubuntu because they say Ubuntu's sound is very bad. I'm an Ubuntu and open source fan, and just want to hear replies about sound quality improvement news and ideas*. I don't know much about OSS, I just want to learn.

* For example maybe an integrated enhancer in Ubuntu would be perfect. (Sorry for bad English.)
* An equalizer can be added to Ubuntu's volume manager maybe?

I don't really know if this has already been implemented on Ubuntu, but applying Fedora ideas to boost X startup would be appreciated.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/OneSecondX

ADD BITTORRENT OPTION ON THE MAIN DOWNLOAD PAGE!

The Novell guys took the lead already: http://software.opensuse.org/

When Hardy Heron was released, the Ubuntu servers became overloaded with thousands of people trying to download it. Downloading rates of repositories and updates were so slow that some people had to leave the computer on at night only to find connection errors the next morning.

However, if Canonical had promoted the BitTorrent downloads, this wouldn't have happened. Everyone would have got a copy of Ubuntu without slowing the repository servers and producing a Denial-of-Service effect.

Moreover, BitTorrent has many advantages over direct downloads. For instance, the more people downloading at the same time, the more sources and lesser the wait. In addition, it ensures file integrity because it uses hash functions, that is, files cannot be corrupted (modified). Not to mention that transfers can be resumed if the connection is broken.

Therefore, BitTorrent downloading should be included in the Get Ubuntu page ( http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download ) with a succinct but clear explanation on how to use them.

The fact that this idea hasn't been implemented --despite all the votes in favour-- clearly shows a neglect and reluctance from Canonical decision-makers to do what is best for the community. The worst thing is that they aren't giving an explanation. I hope good ideas in this site don't come to die here in a puzzle of bureaucracy :(

The reason Ubuntu is the most popular Linux distribution is because developers listen to people. Let's keep that "humanity towards others" alive.

Download Desktop CD: http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.04/ubuntu-8.04.1-desktop-i386.iso.torrent

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Include Phoronix Test Suite in repositories.

Hi,

I would like to precharge the next and previous photo in F-SPOT to avoid the blurred image.

At this moment, when you browse your photos woth the "next" button, it takes nearly one second to load completely the image.

It will be a really improve if F-SPOT could pre-load 1 (or more) images to avoid this delay.

Thanks

I just found some very very useful plugins for gimp at http://registry.gimp.org
It would be nice to have an entry in synaptic to install extra plugins for GIMP from there and not only!
This way we could benefit from all new features being developed by the community.

If they also have some ubuntu branding these are really nice gifts and give aways. Just sell a 2GB or 4GB memory stick for a competitive price. Also might be nice to sell these at exhibitions

Just because Ubuntu is now released does not mean that bugs shouldn't be uploaded into the Update Manager as rigorously as they were during the month before April 24th! Hardy is still buggy, so I think that the entire 6 months between Hardy and Ibex should continue that trend of HARDINESS. It should fit its definition! Keep getting stronger and stronger.

I've got "ubuntu" and "hardy heron" on google-alerts, so I can read all the latest blog posts and news articles that are coming up lately. There's a lot of critisms. I recommend we address those criticisms thoroughly and completely in the next 6 months, and I mean, address them tirelessly and rigorously.

There needs to be a way in which we can monitor all the complaints, criticisms, etc. in one place so that they're in a database, easily accessible. Meaning, can we consolidate the critiques that show up in the blogosphere, ubuntuforums, brainstorm and launchpad? Maybe something similar to ubuntustats.com.

What do ya'll think?

This idea is actually from Jason Perlow's ZDNET blog today (http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8618). Jason writes, "With the growing popularity of the Ubuntu distribution, Canonical needs to get the repository infrastructure built, or we’re all going to be walking out. They need to partner with someone like Akamai where the repos can be cached and large amounts of users can get to packages reliably." He goes on, "It just so happens that Akami has a large hosting partner already, and that partner is Microsoft. Microsoft could score huge points and extend a major olive branch by allowing Ubuntu to use its Akamai infrastructure that it uses for Service Pack and patching delivery and MSDN downloads to distribute Ubuntu and serve repository packages. After all, they are serious about making inroads in interoperability and being nice, right? Of course if Microsoft wants to decline the offer, I am sure Google or another large vendor would be happy to step in."

I obviously don't expect MS to help, but Google might. Food for thought anyway ;)

It will be nice if we can simply add space from our google accounts into nautilus and used it transparently like other filesystems on computer.

Today, I have tested one moment. Looks like when I choose a custom wallpaper from a file (downloaded from a site, etc.), GNOME doesn't store a copy anywhere. So, when I move or delete the original file, my desktop wallpaper gets lost. A small and obvious thing, but it isn't implemented

Include driver for Creative X-Fi sound cards in restricted drivers repository. It is still beta but many people prefer hardware working with bugs instead of not-working hardware.
Link to driver page: http://uk.europe.creative.com/support/downloads/download.asp?MainCategory=209&n RegionFK=&nCountryFK=&nLanguageFK=&sOSName=Linux®ion=3&Product_Name=X-Fi+Fata l1ty&Product_ID=14000&modelnumber=&driverlang=1033&OS=12&select=0&x=34&y=24

Since Ubuntu is now using PulseAudio, which gives volume control on an application by application basis, there is no need for multimedia programs to use their own volume control.

For instance, if I change the volume slider in Totem this shouldn't change an internal Totem volume, it should change the PulseAudio volume for Totem. The same with Rhythmbox, Amarok, etc.

Having multiple volume controls for the same thing can be really annoying, for example wanting to unmute some music and having to check the Rhythmbox volume, PulseAudio's volume for Rhythmbox, the master volume and physical speaker volume. To me the speaker and master volumes have an obvious reason to exist, but there seems to be no difference between the internal and PulseAudio volume control for Rhythmbox, hence they should be merged.

BTW I proposed this to a PulseAudio developer who said that this is one of the main reasons for having PulseAudio.

We currently have full support for ACPI 1.0 and some support for ACPI 2.0.

We should get full support for ACPI 2.0 and also try to get full support for ACPI 3.0b.

ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) is an open industry standard that defines common interfaces for hardware recognition, motherboard and device configuration and power management.

Hello,

I propose to integrate NM 0.7 in Hardy Heron because:

- the 0.6 version give many problems
- the 0.7 version is in Fedora 9 and others distributions
- the 0.7 version is more more more great :p
- it is normal to work on the 0.6 version for Hardy?

so, please to vote for my idea :p

bye,
fred

I don't know how doable this is but it would be useful if we could make Nvidia (and ATI) to release their drivers in .deb prepared especially for Ubuntu. This would easy the installation a whole lot for many poeple as they could get the latest drivers straight from the Nvidia download page. One of the reasons for why I have ended up with windows again is problems with nvidia drivers installation.

There is a wide community of online artists capable of creating brilliant, unique artwork.

heading: Get your artwork on 10 million desktops

Ubuntu, the world's most popular Linux distribution, needs a new theme. The winner will appear in the default desktop of Ubuntu 8.10.

We're looking for original wallpapers, that match Ubuntu's color palette. You entry should also include a suggested combination of application, icon, and window themes. These can be existing themes, or your own original works - you only need to submit a wallpaper to win.

Work must be CC licensed, and be openable in either Inkscape or Gimp (rest of criteria continues)

Submit your works to DeviantArt and include the words [Ubuntu810].


Good luck!

pidgin works differently in xp and ubuntu in XP it does auto login but in ubuntu it doesnt please correct this.

Place bookmark for this brainstorm site in Firefox bookmark folder "Ubuntu and Free Software links". This will bring more people and more ideas.

I would like to be able to see a nice image on the internet and drag it into an application without having to copy-paste or save it first. I cannot do this on Open Office, Picasa, Mnemosyne, or Inkscape (linked images do not work on GIMP). The little polishes like this are what make Ubuntu such a good distro, and we need to fix them up.