1. Microphone Problem (Waleed Hamra)

[Valorie Zimmerman]

Waleed makes a couple of excellent points.

On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Waleed Hamra <kubuntu-users at whamra.com> wrote:
> On 05/23/2011 04:09 AM, Rod Lovett wrote:
>> Hi yes in Natty, pulseaudio is a dead duck and the developers are not
>> interested at all about this it seems, they bounced any emails about it
>> as they only talk to themselves not humble users, the plebs.
>>
> <big snip>
>
> as i mentioned in another email on that very thread, all my microphone
> problems are gone after i upgraded from maverick to natty.
> pulseaudio doesn't seem to do a good job, i don't blame its developers,
> i am sure they created it with good intentions, and linux does need a
> form of central management for all its audio drivers and settings, but
> unfortunately, it still is lacking.

I'm pretty sure Colin would welcome some help! PA works great for lots of us.

> a better solution for now, is to just report bugs in launchpad, and i am
> very certain everyone of them will be looked at.
> if you believe that bugs in launchpa are getting neglected, you can help
> us bu being a bug triager, it requires no computer coding/programming
> skills at all, just basic computer knowledge.

Even those of us who are new to computers, can learn to file useful
bugs. Last night I asked #ubuntu-kernel to help me file a useful bug,
and they not only helped me to do that, they also solved my problem
(non-working mic and headphones). Filing bugs is not complaining, it
is helpful, useful, necessary.

Those who want to learn to triage bugs are always needed! As Waleed
says, one does not need to be an expert to help out. You soon learn
which bugs need more information, and you can be the person to take
the time to ask for that.

> and emailing developers isn't going to do any good, in any open source
> community. developer lists are for strict development talk... bug
> control websites are the right place to go.

Just as on any other list, please read some of the archives or read
list traffic for awhile, unless you know you are posting on-topic
content. Some projects use their IRC channels heavily, while others
lean towards the list. Hang out for a bit, and give some help as well
as getting it. That's how free and open source software works --
people helping one another out.

Valorie
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