re: debian vs linuxppc/sound
> Randy Gobbel wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Actually there are now some very nice audio drivers for Linux, not yet a
> > standard part of the system but they work fine. The name for this set of
> > drivers is ALSA, for "Advanced Linux Sound Architecture", and they provide
> > full-duplex operation and a comprehensive set of mixing functions. The bad
> > news is that these drivers are device-specific, and do not support the Mac
> > sound system. Mac sound support for Linux is really only half-finished at this
> > point: there is no support at all for digitizing sound input from a microphone
> > or other source. It shouldn't be hard to do, since there is code for sound
> > input in MkLinux that could be used as a model for how to drive the hardware,
> > but no one has gotten around to doing it. I don't know how well (or even if)
> > the MkLinux driver actually works.
> >
> > -Randy
>
> Sound in MkLinux doesn't work. Sound output is crappy, too. Same in Linuxppc.
>
> ALSA guys don't have plans to support PPC, mainly because they don't have access
> toa PowerMac.
> I assume that if a Mac developer intersted in improving sound was to get in touch
> with them something might come out.
>
> 4Front tech say that OSS drivers for linuxppc work (full duplex ???) but I haven't
> tried them yet. I will shortly, though, and if anyone is intersted, I will post
> the results.
>
> I'm on the Mklinux mailing list and LinuxPPC and it seems that I'm the only one
> Mac/linux user that is bitching about the sound. Mac hardware offers some
> reasonably good architecture for sound and I wish someone would do something about
> it. I know other people who would be interested in running some linux sound apps
> on their Macs ... if the sound was working.
>
> 'K, enough rambling.
>
> MiS.
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