[linux-audio-user] Common linux audio layer

[Christian Henz]

> At this moment all Unix vendors (other than official Linux) are already
> behind OSS. esd works on top of it. artsd works on top of it. Jack works
> on top of it. All applications (other than few alsa-* ones) are compatible
> with it. Even significant part of alsa-lib has been ported to work on top
> of OSS (this work started just about a month ago). So is there anything
> that is still missing from OSS?
> 

The point is that OSS, whatever version, is not going to be the
standard sound layer on Linux, if not for technichal reasons then for
political ones.


cheers,
Christian