XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand   
      
   In message <1urg2fh2c8a2g.7xsq1hfc9l9q.dlg@40tude.net>, flatfish+++ wrote:   
      
   > On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:16:27 +1300, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >   
   >> In message , flatfish+++ wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> You guys can't even settle on a standard package manage, audio system   
   >>> etc.   
   >>   
   >> We still do better than Windows in those regards, don’t we?   
   >   
   > Not with audio you don't.   
   > Windows and Mac have audio down to a science.   
   > Linux?   
   > Audio is a mess.   
      
   At least the APIs haven’t been tossed about like seasick passengers on a sea   
   cruise gone wrong. Remember when Vista broke all the third-party audio   
   drivers?   
      
   > Package manager it's a mixed bag.   
   >   
   > Yes it's convenient to update all at once, but Windows applications   
   > don't have the x.00.1.x version of the week   
      
   How many Patch Tuesdays have you gone through, matey?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)