I agree....something is up with my plugin and I'll be forced to find out...only in the morning as it is pretty late/early.

Very strange...it works flawlessly on my pclinuxos 2009.1 install on my laptop. I'd say bring this to the forums and see what they can find!

LJ,

This really depends on the distribution you're using...for example, I use PCLinuxOS which DOESN'T do that with Kmix after I log in.

you pimped it to me jyoseph :|

Yup...you're going the way of the Dodo bird if you don't post something soon. Inaction is worse than taking the wrong action. Appearance is what keeps you afloat. Right now, you appear to be dead.

Depends on what you define as splintering. For us, the voice was unified yet ignored.

Ever since this: http://linux-blog.org/experiment-final-head-to-he...

I always recommend PCLinuxOS for new users. The control center alone is reason enough...but the distro just makes it easier for windows converts and those new to Linux to gain confidence with Linux. I recommend PCLinuxOS over all other distros.

If you read the post I linked to above, you'll notice that's my wife...we had just been married when I put her through that...she didn't know much about my "linux" thing. She just needed something to get things done. So that truly is a good indicator (even if it's older) of a new user perspective.

Hope this helps :)

Good luck with arch! Lol, I don't mind using it but it sure did take a while for me to figure out my initial setup. Once I had things written down, I could get a usable system up in minutes, but that initial setup was long and tedious.

With that being said, I really like distros that do a lot to setup things out of the box so that I don't spend time getting a usable system, I instead spend time on the things that matter: coding, hacking, posting, reading, etc.

Not very helpful Hazel...in fact, it's almost hateful. All of these concerns listed here Theoden brought up with the 2 main developers of Foresight Linux. He realized that his voice alone was lost. He brought his voice here to give it a platform where it might be heard.

One URL proves that you call people assholes without even knowing them or their situation. Which in turn, makes you a prejudicial hypocrite. So, as I said, not very helpful.

Left click on your speaker icon down in the right hand side of your kicker in KDE. Click the mixer button. Go to the "switches" tab. Click the yellow light (it may be green also) above "Analog Loopback" to turn that off. You now shouldn't have microphone going through your speakers. Let me know if this works for you!