"Completely removing" audio would be silly of course, but you can "simplify" the audio system, maybe making some trade-offs in capabilities (e.g. no mixing, eff

"Completely removing" audio would be silly of course, but you can "simplify" the audio system, maybe making some trade-offs in capabilities (e.g. no mixing, effects) but still having a functional and usable audio system. (Audio on Linux is not "broken all the time" in my experience by the way; for the most part, it works pretty well out-of-the-box without mucking about. My particular problem is only a practical problem with one particular game that just barely runs on my system anyway.)