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Subject: Re: [Alsa-devel] OSS driver removal, 2nd round (v2)
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On Tue, 2006-07-11 at 01:59 +0200, Olivier Galibert wrote:
> ALSA lib has something like 7 different methods just to play a sound.
> Their view of "low level" is quite interesting.  Using it is pure
> hell.  Debugging what you've done is worse.  And don't bother to hope
> that your code will still work in six months.
> 

A small FAQ:

Q: But OSS is kewl and ALSA sucks!
A: The decision for the OSS->ALSA move was four years ago.
   If ALSA sucks, please help to improve ALSA.