[...] so what's the best audio IO API on Linux?
Sascha has already pointed at ALSA vs. OSS. I'd like to add that if you want to have cross platform portability (Linux/FreeBSD/OS X/Solaris/Windows) then you should take a look at PortAudio: http://www.portaudio.com/. Alas, AFAIK there's no complete ALSA driver for PortAudio yet, only an OSS driver, but they are working on it.
Albert
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