I'm using Alsa (no Pulse Audio) on my Devuan machines and it works, but it's
a bit trickier than good old Belenos (Trisquel 7) which does use Pulse.
Firefox current requires Pulse for sound to work on video streaming, but you
can still see enough to know you've got the right video if you want to share
the link and/or use youtube-dl and watch it when it gets there.
I'm stuck in my latest attempt at a Parabola install and may need the spare
hard drive for something else before I get unstuck.
My understanding is that even a semi-successful Arch-based install is worth
the effort for someone like me and my minor child (end users with not much
hope for tuition money but a lot of curiosity, willingness to try different
things, and the strong base of multiple helpful friends) just for the
educational benefits, but it's an awful lot of work if we're just going to go
back to Devuan or Free Slack and never actually use it.
Hyperbola torrented much faster than I expected. It's probably a better
choice than Parabola for us and I'd like to keep an eye on it and hear how
other people are liking it.
Thanks for seeding and I will continue to do so myself.
