Ben, I really do not want to upset you further.
Could you please give Googleable reference - what are you talking about? No need for details, just enough to know what is going on. Thanks, Tomas On Thu, Jun 4, 2020, 18:24 Ben Koenig <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 6/4/20 4:36 PM, Mike C. wrote: > > I know I shouldn't dare to challenge the almighty Linux GOD as he will > > likely unleash his wrath on me as he's been prone to do with other PLUG > > members in the past and recently with his vitriolic rant of Ubuntu. > > > > IMHO, I've found the 1st steps in troubleshooting hardware problems are: > > > > 1. Software detection of the hardware. Firstly at the OS layer and then > > secondly at the application layer. > > > > 1A. The correct driver is installed. > > > > 1B. If there are multiple devices such as speakers, microphones, > printers, > > etc checking which device is selected and/or set to the default. > > > > But the real step #1 is correctly identifying the problem. Rich's thread > > started with a video con call test that resulted in only hearing audio > > through the left channel and then went from there to webcam mic vs > headset > > mic detection in pulseaudio, web browsers, Jitsi and screen sharing in > > Jitsi. Did I miss any other problems??? > > > > This is a community forum. Everyone has an opinion and also everyone has > an > > opportunity to participate, learn and get things wrong along the way. > > > > And quite honestly, a big part of troubleshooting is being able to > separate > > the wheat from the chaff that one is going to find when soliciting help > on > > the Internet or even from a technical support person. > > > > > Ubuntu good. Slackware baaaad. I think I get it now. What kind of > MONSTER would say something negative about Ubuntu ?! > > #MYOPINIONMATTERS #SARCASM > > > In case you didn't notice, there's a certain Red Hat employee who made > an ass of himself several years back. Was he punished? Nah, his software > was praised as this huge innovation and adopted by several major > distros. Nobody seemed to care when he accused linux devs of attempted > murder. He went on this epic rant attacking everyone in the open source > community and was praised as some sort of GOD. > > > You hold a double standard, belittling me while letting others engage in > discrimination and social exclusion. I see your emotions, and I swat > them away with my glorious facts! > > -Ben > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
