new user issues

[arne anka]

> this I knew, but Russell mentions changing the ringtone *format*, not
> just the tone. I've not seen anything about this.

sorry, must have missed that.
re format i remember somebody posting a patch for python, that enabled  
something. and i think, it was for 2007.2 (since i skip most other  
distributions) -- but it was a while ago and not "pulse" related.
you should look for "sid" or "ogg", maybe ...