Removal of PulseAudio from Ubuntu

[Ryan Oram]

I want my distribution to work out of the box with existing code.
PulseAudio does not, so it will not be included. It is
Ubuntu/Canonical's choice which path they wish to take.

This is not the first difference between infinityOS and Ubuntu.
infinityOS uses a hybrid of Gnome and Xfce.

I will keep in contact with upstream. There is no hard feelings. ;P

Ryan

On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 11:54 PM, Jonathan Blackhall
<johnny.one.eye at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 10:32 PM, Ryan Oram <ryan at infinityos.net> wrote:
>> I am seriously considering implementing OSS4 as an alternative to
>> PulseAudio/ALSA in the next major version of infinityOS. I would like
>> it if users of Ubuntu could have the same benefits in terms of
>> functionality, but at the very least my users will have (and do have)
>> a sound system that works out of the box for games.
>>
>
> I have to reiterate what other people are saying. PA has been working
> well for me at LEAST since Karmic, if not Jaunty or before. I was able
> to buy World of Goo (for linux) and Portal (via Wine), and the sound
> worked for both of them without any configuring.  Not to mention that
> I can chat on Skype with a bluetooth headset now.  As Ben said, if
> you're having a problem it sounds like there's a good chance it's on
> the game's end.  Just because one or a few games that you want aren't
> working right, it doesn't mean we should throw out the whole system.
>
> Jonathan
>