[geeks] Ubuntu sound question - esd w/alsa...

[Joshua Boyd]

On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 08:12:04PM -0400, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> > What UNIX really needs is a standard API and filesystem interface (AFI?)
> > for sound so the drivers can present the same interface to all software,
> > and we won't need things like esd on *any* system.
> > 
> > Of course, I suppose that's what ALSA is, but it is Linux only so it
> > does little good for Solaris, *BSD, etc.
> 
> Open Sound System, perhaps...?

Please no.  If you want something unified, you need to take into account
what professionals need.

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