[linux-audio-dev] Re: What Parts of Linux Audio Simply Work Great?

[Damon Chaplin]

On Mon, 2005-06-20 at 14:40 +0200, Jens M Andreasen wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-06-20 at 11:33 +0100, Damon Chaplin wrote:
> 
> > (And remember GNOME & KDE are multi-platform - so I don't think GNOME &
> > KDE apps can use ALSA directly.) 
> 
> 
> If Gnome/KDE can't use the native sound system in Linux, then, ehrmm ...
> Then the port is incomplete, and they are simply not recommended for use
> with that system.

Of course they can use ALSA, but only indirectly via some cross-platform
API (like jack/esd/aRts/polypaudio).

Damon