I managed to avoid it completely on Gentoo until recently when skype decided that the only way to deal with sound on Linux is through PulseAudio. I like to thi

I managed to avoid it completely on Gentoo until recently when skype decided that the only way to deal with sound on Linux is through PulseAudio. I like to think that a knowledgeable neckbeard suggested PortAudio and the info got mangled in transit :-)