Well its also being actively supported and developed still unlike the OSS(old kernel sound). Ive also found it easier to get an old card working with ALSA when OSS was giving me trouble, dam ISA CS324x chipset cards. The only problem until Linux 2.5 (or 2.6 is unstable's a bit hairy 4 you) was that installing ALSA ment setting up and compiling ALSA modules to work with the kernel. Maybe other people found this easy but it bugged me until quite recently but i guess thats my own fault for compiling my own kernels. (Could be wrong, couldnt find the site im sure stated it but) im sure i remember that Open Sound System(OSS) development was kinda discontinued, and now that 2.6 has ALSA included as standard OSS should be faded out quite quikly. Im guessing 2.7 may have no OSS.
ALSA: + Better support of existing cards + More cards supported(?) + Allows the use of more of the sound cards features + More development(who wants to develop/extend the smelly old way of doing things?)
Yes that big yellow thing may still be needed ;), - Dennis
On Sat, 2004-01-24 at 18:29, Syd Hancock wrote:
The recent thread about ALSA prompts me to ask something that I've wondered for some time.
What are the differences and relative merits (or otherwise) of ALSA and other ways of producing sound in linux? Is that even an accurate description of ALSA etc?
Syd