Re: [Banshee-List] The dumbest error in Banshee

["Andres G. Aragoneses" <knocte gmail com>]

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( DFTT )



On 11/26/2011 06:01 AM, Daniel Hughes wrote:
> I can see no evidence that the bug in question is caused by using mono.
>
> If you have evidence that this is caused by a bug in mono please link to
> the bug. Otherwise please stop spreading FUD.
>
> On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Martin Cigorraga <msx archlinux us
> <mailto:msx archlinux us>> wrote:
>
>     2011/11/26 Martin G
>     <ebisumartin gmail com
>     <mailto:ebisumartin gmail com>>
>
>         Andres,
>
>         Thanks for your calm and reasoned reply. It's commendable that you
>         didn't lower yourself to my level of heated exchange.
>
>         To be honest, my frustration with Ubuntu, open source, and, I'm
>         sorry
>         to say Banshee, is rather wide right now, so that issue became a
>         "straw that broke the camel's back" problem.
>
>         As I am writing this right now, Banshee is frozen because for some
>         reason it now freezes every time I try and connect to my remote
>         audio
>         device. And then it becomes a zombie process that will not die no
>         matter what kill commands I throw at it, so I have to reboot.
>
>         This is just one of many, many, many bugs, hiccups, and problems I
>         have experienced since upgrading to Ubuntu 11.10 (including, but not
>         limited to, Banshee, which is one of the key software for me as
>         I'm an
>         music-phile), so overall I am just sick of constantly battling my
>         computers for the last few weeks.
>
>         I like what Banshee aspires to be, and I am rooting for you.
>         However,
>         I am just feeling very jaded at the moment. The promise of open
>         source
>         that I have bought into for the last seven years is not coming to
>         fruition as I had hoped it would.
>
>         So... anyway... I hope these bugs get solved. I hope Banshee becomes
>         rock solid (and doesn't pull an Amarok and suddenly just throw away
>         one interface for another).
>
>         In the meantime... I don't know. The only thing keeping me sticking
>         with Ubuntu and software like Banshee is that I'm not sure it gets
>         that much better on Windows or Apple. Which isn't a great
>         endorsement.
>
>         --
>         Dave M G
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>
>     While it is true Ubuntu is allways evolving and experimenting thus
>     rendering
>     it unstable, 11.04 and 11.10 releases works really nice, they are
>     very solid
>     and stable systems (seems Canonical drop anchors for a while).
>     The problem is Banshee itself but to be fair, the sucking Mono
>     behinds it.
>     Don't blame Ubuntu because Micro$oft, er, Mono, the day the guys port
>     Banshee to something not stinking as Mono, Banshee will be alongside
>     Amarok the best music manager in the GNU/Linux userland.
>
>     --
>     msx
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