walt <w41...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 01/24/2012 01:14 PM, cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote:
> > Hi. I am upgrading gnome to gnome3 and I find that at least
> > gnome-control-center wants pulseaudio, but I hate pulseaudio and, if
> > possible, don't want to install it at all. I did configure
> > package.provided to not compile, but gnome-control-center seems to
> > require it. Anyway to get around this?
>
> I feel the same, and I've started using xfce4 instead of gnome3 because
> they don't require any sound daemon (yet) and the new gnome-shell won't
> run on my old video hardware anyway.
>
> I just scanned through the gnome-control-center code looking for clues
> about pulse and found no sign that pulse is voluntary. There are no
> config options to enable or disable pulse, so it appears that pulse is
> here to stay in gnome3.
>
> <oldfart>
> I doubt that one in a hundred computer users would know how to use pulse
> to fix sound problems even *if* pulse is the right solution. A long way
> yet to go before pulse will be anything but a curse to me :(
> </oldfart>
>
Yep, I agree. So what would happen if I installed pulse and just didn't
start the thing, what would I lose then?
Seems like a waste of disk space to me.
--
Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is:
How do
you spend it?
John Covici
cov...@ccs.covici.com
