(October 9, 2009 at 10:27 am)Eilonnwy Wrote: Every time I go to record a podcast and I start up my laptop my friend goes "Ugh, Vista sound" It gets really annoying after a while, especially since I have to record the podcast on my machine because for some reason his linux machine won't record properly.
Providing the open-source programing is awesome. Because it's free doesn't make it better.
Easy solution - turn off system sounds!
Linux is nearly there. Compared to only a few years ago it's unrecognizable. I now have non techie friends running it. Still, you either have to have the right distro hardware combination or have the technical know how. There are musician distro's so it is completely possible.
M$ still does the job, which is why they and we're where we are. They're evil like all big corporations (look at their refusal to comply with the open document format), and they have the advantage of being familiar.
