From: Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:37:16 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+czFiDj6SeQniCKWePGN+-X_+NpaPyetdrdgbDxNOyOHy1dwQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E776C7A.2040805@coolmail.se>
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 12:23 PM, pk <peterk2@coolmail.se> wrote:
> On 2011-09-18 21:52, Michael Mol wrote:
>
>> The kernel configuration process is actually very nice and very easy.
>> You an remove any features you don't want or need. (I'm referring to,
>> e.g. menuconfig. I haven't really used genkernel)
>
> I've never used genkernel and always compile my own kernels...
>
>> FWIW, PulseAudio predates Windows Vista, Windows 7, even MacOS X. I
>> ran it on a 200MHz machine back when it was called Enlightenment Sound
>> Daemon.
>
> Hm... I've used ESD (years and years ago :-) ) in OSS times. Not sure
> where the connection between ESD and Pulseaudio is though[1]... Well,
> anywho, Gentoo stopped supporting both the ESD and arts server years ago
> for security reasons IIRC.
> [1] https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Enlightened_Sound_Daemon
My recollection at the time PA started showing up was that PA was the
descendant of ESD. I assumed it was a fork. I may be wrong.
>> With as much as I've poked at PulseAudio, I'd have to say I like it
>> better than I like the Vista/Win7 implementation of sound daemons.
>
> I've no experience with Vista/Win7 (I've got an XP machine for gaming).
Windows coding is my day job. Workstation is Win7 Ultimate x64.
>
>> There's probably not much one can do with PA that one couldn't do with
>> jackd, which is probably better in terms of latency, but I never got
>> around to learning jackd.
>
> Yes, tried jack a few years ago but couldn't get it working right. Not
> that I got "burnt" by it (as dbus etc.) and if the need arise, I'll look
> into it again... Thing is, ALSA already have a (simple) sound server
> "built" in called dmix so why one would bother with Pulseaudio is beyond
> me (but as long as it's not "forced" onto users I don't care much about it).
I recall reading about dmix in LinuxJournal years ago, but I don't
think I ever got around to setting it up; ALSA was just going through
a major API change around 0.9, and I didn't have the resources to stay
up-to-date. (Dial-up was a pain. I imagine it's worse today) I did
have fantasies about using it to set up a fake sound device to get
spatial audio over headphones. I couldn't find the data set I'd needed
for calculating delays, though.
>
>> While I was using PA (I'm not, currently), it was nice for being able
>> to monitor and tune the volume levels of individual programs. That can
>> be important when trying to manage two different VOIP apps, video
>> games and Pandora at the same time.
>
> If you wish to use it then do so... :-)
>
> The thing (idea) I was trying to convey but seems to escape most people
> is this:
> "Cut out the fat!" - "Less is more/do more with less [resources]" etc...
> in a general sense. That's what Contiki is doing and what I think
> software in general should be doing (yes, in Utopia)... When adding
> layer upon layer, we are going in the wrong direction (unless the sum is
> less, which it, in my "eyes", seems not to be).
Oh, certainly. That's one of the reasons I love Linux's (and
especially Gentoo's) modularity so much; there's often a nearly-ideal
tool for any given use case. That's part of why I don't like to see
things which break that modularity become mandatory.
--
:wq
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2011-09-12 15:02 [gentoo-user] udev + /usr Alan Mackenzie
2011-09-12 15:33 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-09-12 17:17 ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-09-12 17:39 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-12 18:08 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-09-12 18:37 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-12 19:00 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-12 19:35 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-12 19:52 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-12 20:24 ` Alex Schuster
2011-09-13 7:08 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-12 20:31 ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-09-13 3:18 ` Peter Humphrey
2011-09-13 7:15 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-13 7:01 ` Paul Colquhoun
2011-09-13 18:15 ` Dale
2011-09-12 20:16 ` David W Noon
2011-09-12 19:07 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-09-12 19:18 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-12 19:41 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-09-12 20:07 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-12 20:57 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-09-12 22:00 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-09-12 23:31 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-13 7:28 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-13 8:52 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-09-12 21:14 ` Pandu Poluan
2011-09-13 2:07 ` Walter Dnes
2011-09-13 7:25 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-12 19:56 ` Dale
2011-09-13 3:28 ` Walter Dnes
2011-09-13 7:04 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-09-13 15:21 ` Walter Dnes
2011-09-13 15:38 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-09-13 15:49 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-09-13 16:56 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-12 17:50 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-09-13 14:40 ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-09-13 14:55 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-09-13 15:38 ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-09-13 16:14 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-13 20:35 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-09-13 20:52 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-13 20:57 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-13 21:10 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-13 21:30 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-09-13 21:53 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-13 22:10 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-09-13 22:33 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-14 5:52 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-14 14:30 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-14 18:36 ` Dale
2011-09-14 18:55 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-14 23:06 ` William Kenworthy
2011-09-15 0:00 ` Dale
2011-09-15 20:42 ` Mike Edenfield
2011-09-15 21:01 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-15 21:16 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-15 21:28 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-15 22:05 ` Mike Edenfield
2011-09-15 22:26 ` Mark Knecht
2011-09-15 22:44 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-16 8:46 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-16 10:00 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-09-16 10:54 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-16 13:03 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-09-15 7:01 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-15 13:47 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-15 14:11 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-15 14:32 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-15 14:48 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-15 14:58 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-15 17:43 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-15 21:25 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-15 21:34 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-16 8:54 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-18 7:29 ` Walter Dnes
2011-09-15 15:03 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-15 15:16 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-09-15 15:37 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-15 15:43 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-15 16:16 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-15 16:37 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-15 15:13 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-09-15 17:59 ` Mick
2011-09-15 19:04 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-15 19:17 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-09-15 21:30 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-15 21:38 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-16 8:59 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-16 9:29 ` Pandu Poluan
2011-09-16 14:57 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-16 15:57 ` Dale
2011-09-16 16:11 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-16 16:20 ` Mark Knecht
2011-09-16 17:09 ` Dale
2011-09-16 16:21 ` Pandu Poluan
2011-09-17 6:06 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-16 18:45 ` Carlos Hendson
2011-09-19 0:58 ` Walter Dnes
2011-09-15 14:57 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-15 15:08 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-15 15:37 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-15 18:15 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-09-15 21:32 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-15 17:37 ` pk
2011-09-15 21:34 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-15 20:05 ` Sebastian Beßler
2011-09-15 20:27 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-15 20:53 ` Sebastian Beßler
2011-09-15 21:05 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-16 9:08 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-16 14:53 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-17 6:45 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-17 7:04 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-17 14:59 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-17 12:33 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-09-17 14:50 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-17 15:41 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-17 18:36 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-17 19:24 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-17 21:13 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-18 19:13 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-09-17 23:00 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-09-17 23:31 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-17 23:45 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-17 23:50 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-18 7:37 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-09-18 9:23 ` [gentoo-user] [OT rant] " pk
2011-09-18 10:03 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2011-09-18 10:44 ` pk
2011-09-18 12:32 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2011-09-18 12:56 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-09-18 16:55 ` pk
2011-09-18 17:41 ` Indi
2011-09-18 18:13 ` pk
2011-09-18 19:08 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-09-18 20:48 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2011-09-20 0:20 ` Walter Dnes
2011-09-20 16:50 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2011-09-20 17:10 ` Alex Schuster
2011-09-20 17:28 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-20 17:33 ` Mark Knecht
2011-09-20 17:54 ` Alex Schuster
2011-09-20 17:19 ` Thanasis
2011-09-20 17:30 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2011-09-21 16:54 ` Roman Dobosz
2011-09-18 13:19 ` pk
2011-09-18 13:31 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-18 17:43 ` pk
2011-09-18 19:52 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-18 21:06 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2011-09-19 19:23 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-09-19 16:23 ` pk
2011-09-19 16:37 ` Michael Mol [this message]
2011-09-19 17:42 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2011-09-19 18:02 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-19 19:20 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-09-19 19:42 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-19 20:44 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2011-09-19 22:13 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-09-19 6:21 ` Paul Colquhoun
2011-09-19 16:28 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2011-09-18 13:37 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2011-09-18 13:58 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-18 21:07 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2011-09-19 17:13 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-18 13:15 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-18 13:33 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2011-09-22 15:06 ` [gentoo-user] " Michael Orlitzky
2011-09-17 21:03 ` pk
2011-09-17 21:25 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-19 8:30 ` [gentoo-user] " Nicolas Sebrecht
2011-09-19 14:22 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-09-19 14:41 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-09-19 16:36 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2011-09-19 17:25 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-09-19 17:43 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2011-09-19 17:59 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-09-19 18:06 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-19 19:12 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-09-19 20:46 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2011-09-19 21:22 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-09-20 2:00 ` Indi
2011-09-19 18:28 ` pk
2011-09-20 10:13 ` James Broadhead
2011-09-20 23:12 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-09-20 23:47 ` Dale
2011-09-21 17:55 ` Mick
2011-09-17 18:43 ` [gentoo-user] " Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-18 14:47 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-18 15:32 ` Pandu Poluan
2011-09-15 20:26 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-09-14 9:06 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-09-14 14:37 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-14 14:49 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-14 15:36 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-09-14 15:43 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-14 16:05 ` Allan Gottlieb
2011-09-14 16:10 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-14 18:59 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-09-14 22:37 ` Peter Humphrey
2011-09-14 23:43 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-09-14 23:51 ` Peter Humphrey
2011-09-14 15:35 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-09-14 16:07 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-14 16:40 ` Sebastian Beßler
2011-09-15 7:37 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-15 7:26 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-14 10:25 ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-09-14 14:10 ` Mick
2011-09-14 14:19 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-14 14:56 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-14 14:50 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-14 14:47 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-14 15:04 ` Stroller
2011-09-14 21:34 ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-09-14 22:05 ` Really OT now (Re: [gentoo-user] udev + /usr) Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-09-14 22:35 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-15 18:58 ` IDE for C/C++ (Was: " David W Noon
2011-09-15 19:16 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-15 19:47 ` Leonardo Guilherme
2011-09-15 19:59 ` Chris Brennan
2011-09-15 20:05 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-15 21:39 ` Joost Roeleveld
2011-09-16 0:22 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-16 9:43 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-09-16 12:30 ` Mike Edenfield
2011-09-16 12:46 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-16 13:10 ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-09-15 21:37 ` Alexander Tanyukevich
2011-09-15 21:38 ` Alexander Tanyukevich
2011-09-15 20:09 ` [gentoo-user] Re: Really OT now (Re: " Nikos Chantziaras
2011-09-15 14:10 ` [gentoo-user] udev + /usr Stroller
2011-09-13 16:24 ` David W Noon
2011-09-13 23:00 ` Mike Edenfield
2011-09-13 12:38 ` Mike Edenfield
2011-09-13 12:45 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-09-13 15:09 ` Stroller
2011-09-13 15:46 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-09-13 23:10 ` Mike Edenfield
2011-09-13 12:59 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-14 20:41 ` pk
2011-09-12 20:45 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-09-12 15:35 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-12 15:59 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-09-13 7:28 ` Paul Colquhoun
2011-09-12 16:21 ` Dale
2011-09-12 16:42 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-12 16:52 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-09-12 18:26 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2011-09-12 18:54 ` Michael Schreckenbauer
2011-09-12 16:55 ` Michael Mol
2011-09-12 20:34 ` Alan McKinnon
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