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Pulseaudio never worked properly on any of my setups, across several machines, several distributions and many years. Problems vary: no sound at all, sound stopp
by wott 10y ago
Pulseaudio never worked properly on any of my setups, across several machines, several distributions and many years. Problems vary: no sound at all, sound stopping after a while, sound interrupted by silences, insane CPU consumption for little or nothing and I probably forgot a few.
ALSA does. It used to have configuration problems but that's not the case any more.
After more than 20 years of Linux, I have very low expectations concerning the state of sound in Linux, but PulseAudio does not even fulfil them. PulseAudio is now banned from any of my computers.
- speeder 10y agoLast time I had a linux desktop for both work and fun, what worked was oss4. Not pa, not alsa. Then oss4 is banned from the kernel, and asking about it got me even banned on spot without explanation on some irc channels and forums. Then people try to convince me linux is ready for desktop adoption and people stay on windows because inertia...
- AstralStorm 10y agoThat last time must have been more than 10 years ago and/or you were using a sound card which had no drivers made yet. (or finished) OSS4 has a different set of drivers. It sucks at both latency and maintenance though in all of them.
- Frondo 10y agoOk, but here's a counterpoint: for five years now I've been running Mageia Linux on a variety of laptop, desktop, whatever, all with Pulse and I've never had a problem. Like, none. I wouldn't even know how to diagnose it if I did, but since it never happens, I never think about it. So...consider me a satisfied Pulse user, I guess, except I don't even think about it. For me, Linux audio is just a solved problem.
- AstralStorm 10y agoFor me, the pro audio part could use more work. Dealing with underruns in Jack is annoying and mostly kernel fault. (Because ffado FireWire works great.)