On 18 June 2017 at 09:12, akhiezer <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> > > Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 16:46:53 -0500 > > > > akhiezer wrote: > > >> From: Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> > > >> Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 15:09:22 -0500 > > >> > > >> Ken Moffat wrote: > > >>> On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 02:23:45PM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > >>>> Paul Rogers wrote: > > >>>>> > > >>>>> But it turns up another question. I have an old .au file of Linus > > >>>>> saying, "This is {Leenus}..." and something else uniuntelligible, > in > > >>>>> Finnish? I've used that as a sound check. aplay has no problem > on this > > >>>>> Conroe/G43 chipset box. But a "format non[sic] available" error > on the > > >>>>> i7/X58 chipset. Trying to find out why, I ran into "plugins" in > > >>>>> asoundrc, which were very mysterious, but also a suggestion that > these > > >>>>> old 8000hz mu-law sources might not be usable on some devices. So > I > > >>>>> don't know how much of this is done in software and what's in > hardware. > > >>>>> What is it I should know, or where can I find an understandable > > >>>>> explanation? > > >>>> > > >>>> I think you need libsndfile for the au format. > > >>>> > > >>> Hmm, alsa used to be able to play that file (it's in Swedish) but > > >>> none of my recent machines have been able to play 8KHz sound files - > > >>> I think it's a hardware limitation. > > >>> > > >>> When I'm on a machine with working sound (not my main development > > >>> machine, I'll need to bisect at some point to find where that lost > > >>> sound) I'll try to remember to rebuild alsa after libsndfile. > > >> > > >> Can I get a link to that file? > > > > > > > > > "Google it" ? : linus .au : > > > > > > http://www.ep.ph.bham.ac.uk/poynters/mirror/linus.html > > > > So you can get the wav file there. Also ffmpeg can translate pretty much > > from any format to any other. Some exceptions though. > > > The .au is there too, immed after the .wav . > > > Both files play ok here on recent hardware. Formats: > == > $ file linux.* > linux.au: Sun/NeXT audio data: 8-bit ISDN mu-law, mono, 8000 Hz > linux.wav: RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, Microsoft PCM, 16 bit, > mono 8000 Hz > $ > == > > > > > > BTW, I pronounce it Lin-ux with emphasis on the first syllable. I do not > > see me changing. > > > (ditto. ditto. (Also, does it change the "purists"' argument - per the > url discussion - that Torvalds himslef has since changed from Finnish > to US nationality.)) >
I believe that his nationality is/was actually Swedish. I think he was brought up in a Finnish-speaking community within Sweden but close to the Finnish border. Richard
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