[linux-audio-dev] desktop audio resumed

[Christoph Eckert]

> > the thread, the sound
> > daemons will automagically cease to exist once
> > developpers realize there
> > is no need for them.  But it would be good to speed
> > up the process.
>
> YES to that :-).

The desktop soundservers will not disappear. KDE also runs on 
other platforms than Linux and they need the server to 
support multiple audio subsystems.

Furthermore, a KDE/Gnome soundserver makes it very easy to let 
play any application bells and whistles ("You have mail") 
just by including some lines of code. 

So, the mess will persist. I'm really glad that the ALSA team 
has put efforts in DMIX and enabled it per default so 
multiple soundservers can coexist.


Best regards


    ce