[LAU] OSS tweaks

Garry Ogle garry.ogle at tiscali.co.uk
Fri Jun 12 18:40:40 EDT 2009


Paul Davis wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Kim Cascone<kim at anechoicmedia.com> wrote:
>> http://insanecoding.blogspot.com/2009/05/perfect-sound-with-oss-version-4.html
>>
>> thought this might be of interest to some
> 
> ... and of no interest or even antagonistic levels of ire to others.
> the utter craptitude that OSS advocates put forward never ceases to
> amaze me.
> 
> its not as if ALSA doesn't have its own problems. but to believe that
> OSS is the answer to these problems just boggles the mind.
> its also not as if linux audio isn't screwed up enough as it is, and
> so along comes yet another API that this time involves *NEW KERNEL
> DRIVERS*. awesome. this time its all going to work, yes?

sure it isn't.
The focus needs to stay on Alsa and Jack.

However I think the OP was only trying to point out ( perhaps naively ) 
something that he thought might be of interest.
The doctors will probably be able to stitch his head back on. :)

regards, G.




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