Kai Vehmanen wrote:
>
> So shortly put, ALSA provides a better framework for writing drivers and
> for developing audio applications. When comparing OSS/Free and ALSA from
> an end-user's point of view, it comes down to the quality of the drivers
> for the soundcard type in question, and the specific applications that
Some of my negative points for ALSA (compared to commercial OSS):
- Linux only
- Too difficult to install and configure for end users
- More difficult to program
- Seems to require dynamically linked libasound (?)
- use libasound doesn't follow unix ideology of "everything is a file",
users should only know about /dev/<something>
- Jussi Laako
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