ALSA [Was: Paris summit]

[Jeff Waugh]

<quote who="Lee Revell">

> But I also think OSS is a very rude choice because it blocks all other
> apps from using the soundcard.

Only on hardware that doesn't support multi-write. Additionally, for most
use cases, you can use a software mixing daemon (pulse, esd, jack - not
dmix).

> They are massively inconveniencing users because they can't be bothered to
> grok ALSA.

It's not just that - they're not prepared to rely on ALSA. See my previous
mail.

- Jeff

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