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Re: [News] Volume Control in Linux Beat Vista to It

Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
> Pulseaudio - Individual volumes per application for Linux, too.
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Earlier today a screenshot showing individual volumes per application
> | in vista waf shown in the front page. Many comments indicate that not
> | enough people know you can do this with other OSes, too! Meet
> | Pulseaudio, an audio server that does the same thing, and much more!
> `----
> 
> http://digg.com/software/Pulseaudio_Individual_volumes_per_application_for_Linux_too
> 
> Here's where Linux has the upper hand:
> 
> http://www.gnome-look.org/content/preview.php?preview=1&id=53228&file1=53228-1.png&file2=&file3=&name=Vista+Impossible
> http://tinyurl.com/yp8ylw

Very cool. This is a true sound server, which means you can control the
audio on all machines on the network (and presumably even over the
internet, given access permissions).

> Previously:
> 
> Photosynth for Linux?
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | This is the demonstration video of Photo Tourism which was later
> | transformed into Microsoft Photosynth (Wikipedia). Now, you'll find
> | it difficult to disagree with me when I say this is a great product.
> | It just has that "cool factor".
> | 
> | However, the Photosynth website says at the system requirements: Only
> | Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista RC1 or later are supported at this
> | time. However, the video I showed above clearly shows it running on
> | Linux (take a look at the titlebar of the web browser or the "add
> | annotation dialog"). This could mean two things:
> | 
> |    1. Microsoft deliberately decided not to support Linux
> |    2. Microsoft may still want to make this available for Linux
> `----
> 
> http://xubuntublog.wordpress.com/2007/03/02/photosynth-for-linux/
> 
> Now Confirmed: Microsoft Makes Linux Application Windows-only!

No surprise there.

-- 
K.
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| "Future archaeologists will be able to identify a 'Vista Upgrade
| Layer' when they go through our landfill sites" - Sian Berry, the
| Green Party.
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