Hey,
I ran a mini survey on Linux Audio Users Group to ask people about
Mandrake. Mostly I just wanted to know what packages to work on, but I
also asked them what we needed to improve to make 9.1 the primo audio
distribution (other than more software).
The response I got was amazing. Many more people answered than I
expected, and most had positive comments and constructive criticism.
Before I get back to them, here are a few of the problems they
highlighted. Any 'official' feedback on these comments would be
appreciated so I can return accurate information.
Survey results:
I asked what apps we were missing. They listed about 30 total. I've
got a lot of work to do. :-(
I asked them to list their three favorite audio apps (excluding
libraries, mixers, and ogg/mp3 encoders/players).
56% of the votes were for apps currently in cooker/contrib
28% of the votes were for packages we don't have
6% were for apps we can't include for legal reasons
I asked for people's biggest beef with 9.0 w/r/t audio apps. Here's
what I got (please comment if you know a good answer):
1. supermount in 9.0 sucks
2. drakx in 9.0 doesn't detect USB audio devices or MIDI devices
3. no low-latency patched kernel
4. jackit (libjack) only works as root (is this true?)
5. no GUI to change sound card settings a.k.a. draksound is too basic
6. no easy way to disable arts, and it interferes with everything
So if we can fix a few of these by release time, and if I can get all
the requested RPMs included, we will certainly have the best audio
distro.
Austin
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Austin Acton Hon.B.Sc.
Synthetic Organic Chemist, Teaching Assistant
Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto
MandrakeClub Volunteer (www.mandrakeclub.com)
homepage: www.groundstate.ca
