Re: [Alsa-devel] OSS driver removal, 2nd round (v2)

Lee Revell
2006-07-11T00:39:15Z

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.