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

[Phil Stracchino]

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...?


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