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Linus Torvalds still wants the Linux desktop
- ZenoArrow 12y agoWhilst I agree that Linux on the desktop isn't a kernel issue, there is one area of the desktop experience that kernel hackers could help improve, and that's the sound stack. Linux could really do with throwing all the existing solutions in the bin and starting with a fresh approach, something that scales from low latency audio production needs to network audio streams. At the moment we have a kludge of different solutions (ALSA, JACK, PulseAudio, probably even have some OSS use out in the wild). To those that suspect it would be too much work, there's ongoing efforts to improve the graphics stack (DRM/DRI, Wayland, Gallium), I don't see why we can't have the same for audio.