[LAU] Daemons, daemons...kill those daemons.

[Gabriel M. Beddingfield]

Brent Busby wrote:
> 
> PortAudio:

Isn't PortAudio an API... not a sound server?

> Arts ("artsd"):
> 
> I already have some doubts about eliminating this one, at least in any 
> system that hopes to have a KDE desktop available.  Even if we don't 
> need it per se, KDE seems (at least to a naive user like me) to be 
> deeply wedded to it.  There are even direct mentions of artsd setup in 

FWIW.... aRts is needed for KDE 3, but has been removed for KDE 4.  It is 
replaced by Phonon.  From what I gather, Phonon is more of an API (like 
PortAudio) than a sound server (like aRts).  However, it is able to be 
configured with different backends (libxine, gstreamer, NMM, and Helix are listed).

For more info:
http://multimedia.kde.org/arts-faq.php
http://phonon.kde.org/

HTH,
Gabriel