Soundcards
by Chris O'Halloran
Hello,
I was wondering if people might care to comment on their experiences with
soundcards and linux support.
I have a Pentium III Coppermine on a motherboard with an onboard sound card.
lspci>
Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio
Controller (rev 21)
To date the sound card has worked fine playing ogg files and mp3's.
However, where it seems to struggle is with programs like Skype and Openwengo,
two VOIP applications. I believe it has something to do with operating in
full duplex ie it can't record and play at the same time (I don't have
Windows to test this theory) and/or the state of Alsa support for the card is
such hardware mixing (which I don't think the card supports) is the only
viable option for using these programs
I was wondering if people might be able to recommend a PCI sound card that is
well supported by/for Linux.
13 years, 11 months
Warren Hughes (IBM) is out of the office.
by Warren Hughes
I will be out of the office starting 01/06/2006 and will not return until
02/06/2006.
Hi, thanks for your email. I am away on sick leave. I will be checking my
email occassionally while away. I will now be back at work on Friday.
Cheers, Warren.
14 years
Openfiler
by Chris O'Halloran
Some discussions have come about adding another server to reduce the
pressure on our existing server.
I don't generally make any of the decisions regarding our computer network
but a suggestion was made regarding a program/server/technology called
openfiler. Given that I am the known open source advocate around here, the
question was asked, what did I know about it and did anyone in the wlug have
any experience of using it.
I assumed it was a software package but its seems is a customized version of
a Ret Hat derivate CentOS.
http://www.openfiler.org
Having a Linux server on the network would definitely be a foot in the door
for Linux based software within our company but it would good if the first
experience within the company was positive and straightforward.
Any comments or does openfiler provide a nice gui install for setting up a
network server that could also be acheived using other modern distro?
Cheers
Chris
14 years
Picasa on Ubuntu.
by Oliver Jones
I downloaded Picasa for Ubuntu. It works really well. Props to
Google. Now if they just made it Open Source.
Regards
14 years
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14 years
Warren Hughes (IBM) is out of the office.
by Warren Hughes
I will be out of the office starting 31/05/2006 and will not return until
01/06/2006.
Hi, thanks for your email. I am away on sick leave. I will be checking my
email occassionally while away. I hope to be back at work tomorrow
(Thursday).
Cheers, Warren.
14 years
what does a good e-mail client need ?
by Gavin Denby
I was reading the cnet article on the need for a mail client to push
forward DESKTOP LINUX
*E-mail will be the most significant factor governing the uptake of
Linux on the desktop, according to a new study. *
The Desktop Linux Client Survey 2005, released this week by the Open
Source Development Labs, found that the lack of a powerful e-mail
application could hinder the adoption of Linux on the desktop.
Full story here:
http://news.com.com/E-mail+crucial+to+future+of+desktop+Linux/2100-7344_3...
What I wondered was what does an enterprise e-mail client do that's
different from my thunderbird. Is it just the calender? is it notes. I
have tried, and hated outlook, probably as I use just e-mail and dont
like the complexity of all the other things, but what would happen in an
enterprise situation.
If you understand this article, can you explain what the novell and
mozilla offerings will mean, and will this be the outlook killer. What
does outlook do that so vital?
Is this another case of its not the same, or are we really missing out
on something?
any enterprise experince that can help a tech like me understand this ?
Is there a really good app for this, could something be done to solve
this. After all e-mail is the number 1 app for the net, search is 2 and
then web surfing. 2 and 3 are fine, are we missing the boat on 1?
I thinks its sufficiently linux related.
do we have the Guru's in the lug that could solve this?
14 years
