Since it's customary to bash on PulseAudio: Here's one user that is very happy to have it, using its end-user features. I wouldn't want to have a machine again

Since it's customary to bash on PulseAudio: Here's one user that is very happy to have it, using its end-user features. I wouldn't want to have a machine again, where any of these things won't work: - Set volume per source/application (More flash video for the presentation, some mp3 still in the background) - Move applications between devices (Wife complains about the sound of my video call/video/game? Move that thing to the USB (!! No jack that directly does what you want anyway) headphones) - Normalize output so that nothing blows up my headphones when I switch between different audio sources Apart from that I did use the 'stream over the network' feature a couple of times in the past and while it wasn't something I'd need on a regular basis it worked fine for me. Long story short: Pulseaudio solves problems for me. It totally might not do that for you, but please don't project.