I don't even understand where this myths come from. Linux "the kernel" switched 15 years ago from OSS to ALSA for drivers, ALSA has been backwards compatible w

I don't even understand where this myths come from. Linux "the kernel" switched 15 years ago from OSS to ALSA for drivers, ALSA has been backwards compatible with OSS since. Gnome and KDE used to have their own user space sound servers (called EsounD and aRts) mostly to impement software mixing. They were completely replaced over 5 years ago by PulseAudio which is backwards compatible with both as well as applications using ALSA or OSS API. You could code an application using OSS API and be compatible with the first release of linux that had sound. What problems do you have exactly with your beeps?