Comment 158 for bug 275998

I did install g-v-c last night and it was rather buggy, but nice. However until the recording quality on the pulse mixer matches that of ALSA dmix (I have noticed lots of distortion and jumps even though I only set it to 120%) then ALSA is the only way to go. These quality issues are ubuntu wide but the lag I have seen shows up on certain websites where you use Flash to conference and for sure Skype. I have not had pulse installed for very long on any PC to do a more in-depth study. There is something about intel ICH7/8/9 chipsets that doesn't like pulse I think. An easy way to get ubuntu pulse free would also be nice, indeed I am quickly coming to the conclusion that Xubuntu may be the way to go.
I wonder if Dell would want to officially comment on this as many of their machines are shafted by this bug.