Re: [LAD] alsa and OSS (again?)

> On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 16:18 -0500, Ivica Ico Bukvic wrote:
>
> > In other words, provided that my conjectures are true, I could see ALSA
> > becoming simply an API to access the soundcard and everything else being
> > moved out of the ALSA which IMHO could help spur some of the ostensibly
> > bogged down aspects of Linux audio experience.
>
> I think this is entirely accurate. the distributions and other "desktop"
> organizations are tired of ALSA as "the solution", and are embracing
> PulseAudio and various similar efforts/wrappers (e.g. Phonon on KDE).
> ALSA is going to vanish as an API for all but those developers who don't
> know how to use google. Pulse even has plans to "replace" JACK one day,
> but its lead author fully understands the challenge there.

Thanks for the clarification.

So this begs for a question: is there a consensus whether this is considered
a good thing or a bad one? IMHO I see it as a good thing as long as it makes
things better and more transparent.

Best wishes,

Ico

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