Ok, 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

Ok, 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.