Correction, please. It's one concept of what a consumer might need and want. I reject that it speaks for this consumer.
Janina Linux for blind general discussion writes: > I am sighted and have nothing bad to say about PulseAudio for > my limited use cases. > > If one wants to make one's own opinion instead of relying of > the hearsay by people who don't really know what they are speaking > about, here is a good reading to understand what PukseAudio really > is, can and can't do: > https://gavv.github.io/articles/pulseaudio-under-the-hood/ > > Audiophiles may prefer Jack, which target different needs. > Let's quote the aforementioned article: > > PulseAudio design is focused on consumer audio for desktop and mobile. It > offers seamless device switching, automatic setup of hardware and networking, > and power saving. It can’t guarantee extremely low latency. Instead, it > usually adjusts latency dynamically to provide lower battery usage and better > user experience even on cheap hardware. > > JACK design is focused on professional audio hardware and software. It offers > the lowest possible latency and may connect applications directly to devices > or each other. It doesn’t try to provide the smooth desktop experience to the > detriment of performance or configurability and is targeted to advanced users. > > FYT next Slint upgrade will ship JACK2 in addition to PulseAudio, as well as > apulse, which allows to run an application linked to PulseAudio without it. > > As an example I tried this, knowing that Firefox in Slint is linked to > PulseAudio: > Remove PulseAudio > Install apulse > Type "apulse Firefox" > In Firefox Start a tune from Youtube.com: you will hear it. > Link: https://github.com/i-rinat/apulse > > Best, > > Didier > > > On 11/01/2019 14:04, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > Good to know there are some workarounds for the issues with Pulseaudio. > > > > Still, I'm quite happy without those 200+ megabytes of bloat and will > > be sticking to my strategy of purging Pulseaudio from any system that > > installs it by default until given a reason to actually keep it. Then > > again, I'm not sure I've ever heard even a sighted user say anything > > good about pulseaudio and I'm not even sure what issue with the > > lighter, more mature sound system options its supposed to address. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
