Another Ubuntu Hoary Hedgehog review and some notes on MPT's blog entry

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 01:18:46AM -0500, J.B. Nicholson-Owens wrote:

> Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> >Unfortunately, it is not possible to automatically determine which method
> >should be used on a particular system.
> 
> Then perhaps ripping should be used everywhere.  I don't know of a CD drive 
> made in the past decade that doesn't support ripping.  But I do know of 
> machines with multiple drives that have only one drive attached to the 
> analog sound headers on the mainboard.

This is quite CPU-intensive (especially without DMA); slower machines can't
do much else while audio extraction is happening.

> Another note on this--the default size for XMMS UI elements is too small 
> for me to read or use at 1600x1200.  I have to blow it up to "double size" 
> to begin to use the program.  If I didn't know about the double size menu 
> choice (as MPT says about context menus for Nautilus icons), this would be 
> ironic because I would have to know where the tiny double size button is 
> before I can toggle it on.

xmms is supported for users who are familiar with it and expect it to be
available, but by default only Rhythmbox is installed for new users.

-- 
 - mdz