From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265316AbTL0E6E (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Dec 2003 23:58:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265319AbTL0E6E (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Dec 2003 23:58:04 -0500 Received: from imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.68]:741 "EHLO imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265316AbTL0E5s (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Dec 2003 23:57:48 -0500 Subject: Re: 2.6.0 sound output - wierd effects From: Rob Love To: Stan Bubrouski Cc: "Martin J. Bligh" , azarah@nosferatu.za.org, Linux Kernel Mailing Lists In-Reply-To: <1072500516.12203.2.camel@duergar> References: <1080000.1072475704@[10.10.2.4]> <1072479167.21020.59.camel@nosferatu.lan> <1480000.1072479655@[10.10.2.4]> <1072480660.21020.64.camel@nosferatu.lan> <1640000.1072481061@[10.10.2.4]> <1072482611.21020.71.camel@nosferatu.lan> <2060000.1072483186@[10.10.2.4]> <1072500516.12203.2.camel@duergar> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1072500888.4136.3.camel@fur> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-8) Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 23:57:46 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2003-12-26 at 23:48, Stan Bubrouski wrote: > Please do, while it would be nice if OSS could be dropped altogether > there are a great many commercial and closed source apps that we all > need and only currently work with OSS. For example flash player for > linux and real player, not to mention a myrid of open source apps that > have yet to move to ALSA support. Right now its virtually impossible to > live with a kernel with no OSS for people like me who require use of > these apps on a daily basis. Why isn't the OSS emulation layer sufficient? Rob Love