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

[Brent Busby]

On Sun, 14 Jun 2009, Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote:

> Brent Busby wrote:
>> 
>> PortAudio:
>
> Isn't PortAudio an API... not a sound server?

Could be.  I'm still on Debian etch, so I don't have it yet whatever it 
is.  Question is though, is it really necessary?  Or is it benign enough 
that it can be safely allowed regardless?


>> 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).

Okay, thanks for the info.  By the way, is KDE 4 still a mess (as I keep 
hearing), or should all the fear and loathing subside now?


(Still wondering about possible effects of global banning of esd...)

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