Re: XMMS

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From: Michael G Schwern
Subject: Re: XMMS
Date: 15:33 on 21 Dec 2004
On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 10:03:14AM -0500, Luke Kanies wrote:
> It's sad when Linux and its apps can't even get something as simple as 
> audio right.  I mean, this shit has been done for a decade.  Really.

I hate Gentoo.

Its the "micro-optimizations uber alles" mentality of system configuration.  
What's worth more: running 4% faster or everything actually working without 
having to tweak a million compilation settings?  There's a reason to use 
pre-configured and tested packages such as Debian provides: people have 
figured this shit out for you.

This shit has been done for a decade and Gentoo decides to throw it all out
so users can spend days reconfiguring and recompiling their software in a
desperate attempt to wring just a bit more speed out of their hardware when
they could be spending that time whoring on the street to scrape together
the $200 to buy a faster CPU.

That said my mp3 player of choice on Linux is mpg123.


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