Re: Esound versus Alsa versus GStreamer versus GNOME versus 2.6 versus ...
On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 06:06:48PM -0400, Luis M wrote:
> On 9/14/05, Chipzz <chipzz@ulyssis.org> wrote:
> >
> > You forget that ALSA is Linux-only. Debian also runs on a freebsd kernel
> > and on the Hurd (freebsd only does OSS AFAIK, and I don't even know what
> > the Hurd has for audio, even if it *has* audio at all).
>
>
> IMHO, i don't think this is a valid point. FreeBSD people who run debian
> would know how to turn GStreamer back to ossink from Gnome. FreeBSD is used
> by a small niche of geeks. Linux (all distros) and especially Debian, is
> used by all sorts of people. So, making things easier for the un-initiated
> while allowing the power users to always switch back is the Right Thing To
> Do (tm).
Also, you can evidently turn the dependencies to be on oss on *bsd, and on
alsa on linux kernels. check the exact syntax, but this has been done before.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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