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> you want to use Pulseaudio, alsa has no usecase on a desktop You'd be surprised how many people still swear by alsa-only. Other people prefer jack, and now y
by glandium 4y ago
> you want to use Pulseaudio, alsa has no usecase on a desktop
You'd be surprised how many people still swear by alsa-only. Other people prefer jack, and now you can add pipewire to the mix... plus the few people who like OSS4. At least old school OSS is dead for good.
- jraph 4y agoPipeWire is a solution for people who want it all though. It's replacing PulseAudio and Jack. It should simplify the stack. OSS4 seems anecdotal in the Linux world. People can still use ALSA directly, but people who don't care will have something that works well out of the box without having to care. Thanks to PipeWire, I can use my midi keyboard with no delay, still use my browser and music player at the same time, all this without having to tweak any configuration, messing with Jack and/or PulseAudio.