The mess that is Linux audio

[dsr-mzpnVDyJpH4k7aNtvndDlA at public.gmane.org (Dan Ritter)]

On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 03:38:05PM -0400, David Kramer wrote:
> This diagram was sent out on #ubuntu
> I find it pretty scary.
> 
> http://imagebin.ca/view/4FoUFue.html

Parts of that which are generally required by any Linux system
with audio:

	OSS or ALSA, not necessarily both.

Parts of that which are generally required by a random Linux
desktop to play well in a GNOME or KDE environment:

	OSS or ALSA
	GStreamer
	Phonon and/or ARTS (KDE)

Parts of that which no sane person would (or has, AFAICT)
touched:

	JACK
	PulseAudio
	OpenAL

All IMHO.

-dsr-

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