I know of several linux pro-audio users who do not have pulse installed, but I think more of the ones I talk with are like me: we have pulseaudio for most "desktop audio" stuff like web browsing, listening to music, etc... all generic tasks. Its perfectly good for that! But as soon as we go to produce some music we use pasuspender or other methods that bypass pulseaudio and use JACK or pure alsa. I don't have any real numbers but I think thats pretty common. So my suggestion is if you aren't actually doing audio production don't fear pulse.

_Spencer

On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 5:30 AM, Philip Rhoades <phil@pricom.com.au> wrote:
People,

I am not a professional LA user but I have regard for what serious LA users have to say.  A post turned up on the Fedora XFCE list about removing xfce4-mixer for F29 - I responded with:

"Every time I upgrade I immediately UNinstall PA and use ALSA only - so I still depend on xfce4-mixer . ."

Someone replied that PA has greatly improved since the early days especially and "controlling streams separately is an added feature" - but I can do that with the .asoundrc I have now - are there any good reasons for me to reconsider the situation the next time I do a fresh install?  (I realise I am likely to get biased comments here but I am not going to post on a PA list . .).

Thanks,

Phil.
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