[split thread] Pulseaudio... why?

[Fabio FZero]

If you try to do anything serious with audio (editors, music
composition etc.) you too will have problems with PulseAudio. It's a
completely unnecessary additional layer of abstraction.

- FZ

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 21:21, CLIFFORD ILKAY
<clifford_ilkay-biY6FKoJMRdBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On 06/17/2010 09:18 PM, Walter Dnes wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 08:13:42PM -0400, CLIFFORD ILKAY wrote
>>
>>> I had no end of problems with PulseAudio with that until I disabled
>>> on-board card and plugged in an ancient SoundBlaster.
>>
>>
>> <mode=slashdot>
>>>
>>> I had no end of problems with PulseAudio...
>>
>>   There, fixed it for ya
>> </mode>
>>
>>   Let's just say that pulseaudio has recieved "plenty of mention" on the
>> Gentoo mailing list, and I have no intention of using it.  It's another
>> solution in search of a problem.  And if it can't find problems, it'll
>> create them.
>
> I haven't had a problem with PulseAudio since I switched to a different
> sound card but I use Fedora, not Gentoo.
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