Why Linux is not (yet) ready for the desktop

[Jan Claeys]

Op zondag 24-05-2009 om 19:11 uur [tijdzone -0500], schreef Brian
Fahrlander:
> Jan Claeys wrote:
> > Op maandag 18-05-2009 om 18:05 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef David
> > Gerard:
> >   
> > If I understand the situation correctly, PulseAudio implements the
> > mandatory parts of ALSA, but if applications don't check for some
> > optional features before using them they fail.  Those same applications
> > also fail on "real" ALSA hardware & drivers that don't implement those
> > extra features.
> >
> > Of course, from a user POV, that looks like a bug in PulseAudio, while
> > the real bug is in the application...
> >   
>    I honestly don't see why people don't notice these things; [...]

Why would random user "people" notice "these things" and recognize them
for what they are?


-- 
Jan Claeys