[OpenIndiana-discuss] OI and DE's

[Tony Brian Albers]

Hi guys,

I've been following the latest discussions about desktop environments 
with great interest. I'm trying very hard to use OI as a daily driver 
for my work. I've come a long way:

1. I've got email and calendar working towards the Exchange Server we use.

2. I've got MS Teams working in FireFox.

3. I've got VPN working (vpnc).

4. I've got KeePassX.

5. I've managed to get clusterssh working.

6. I've got sync to/from my NextCloud server working.



7. I've got my USB webcam passed through to a linux VM in VirtualBox so 
that I can use Zoom for meetings. -well that's what I thought....

BUT there is an issue that I think is being overlooked:

https://www.illumos.org/issues/13098

Sound in OI/illumos is low in general and microphone input is almost 
inaudible. (see the mail thread "Microphone and pulseaudio")

I'd also like to have XFCE4 available, It's my preferred DE, well if 
WindowMaker is not available ;)

Now, if we want to have more DE's available, and get more users to use 
OI, I think that making sound work is probably a good idea.

just my .02 DKK

/tony

P.S. I'm willing to help out doing testing and documentation. 
Unfortunately I do not have any programming skills to speak of.




On 01/12/21 05:40 PM, Gary Mills wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 09:34:47AM -0600, Gary Mills wrote:
> 
>> The volume on illumos-based systems is always quite low.
> 
> Here's the bug report:
> 
>      https://www.illumos.org/issues/13098
> 
> 


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