Proper PulseAudio installation for KUbuntu 10.4

[Ric Moore]

On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 22:12 -0400, Clay Weber wrote:
> On Friday, June 25, 2010 02:08:43 am Ric Moore wrote:

> > What I'm reading here is that within less than 6 months pulse
> > issues with KDE will be remedied, but to get those remedies one would
> > have to abandon LTS security and upgrade to a version supported far
> > less?
> > 
> 
> 18 months support isn't too short a time, I would think.
> 
> > It boggles my mind that it would be expected for users to accept
> > that. Maybe I should just STFU, but I really want STABLE for development
> > work and not live the life of the perpetual beta tester, like the Fedora
> > Users are. Ric
> 
> Well, there is always Debian stable, Red Hat/CentOS, and SLED.......

That is never a good reply, Clay. Suggesting that a user just leave if
they are not happy, when they are posting their concerns over decisions
that affect their personal computer's performance and overall user
experience. 

We've had some truly good intelligent users leave Kubuntu after such
comments, when they posted their problems with this project's decisions
and/or overzealous moderators. Then someone later posts with the
question "Why are people leaving Kubuntu?"

I've raised ten kinds of hell, concerning pulse, in the past. Installing
Ubuntu/Gnome/Lucid first, then installing the KDE desktop, makes pulse
work and work reliably for me, for the very first time. I'm actually
getting some true benefit from it. Ego, there is something broken in the
way Kubuntu doesn't install it, and adding it later remains broken?? If
I knew, I'd be a developer, so I ask questions and raise points to
consider. It's called "Assertiveness"... which is considered to be a
good healthy thing. 

But, being a life long Geek, I had to study and learn it. Suggesting
someone just pack up and leave is "Withdrawn", meaning we have no
further relationship nor goals to share. Not healthy. "Compromise" is
the meeting in the middle ground between relationship value and goals.
If I am willing to accept a small loss of my personal goals, to allow
you to have your goals, then we are at compromise, which is a good place
to me. 

MY goal is a stable sound system, one that allows me to use my different
inputs/outputs conveniently. If our prison project takes off, I'm
looking at 3 million potential new users. I think they would prefer to
use KDE, as it seems more user friendly, to me, than Gnome. But, it
would be a pure-eyed bitch to re-install 3 million computers every 6
months. That is why I'd like to see whatever is aggravating in KDE
fixed, while in the LTS version Lucid. I'm just seeking compromise,
especially after the comment was made that it would be fixed anyway.
Thanks, Ric