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Re: sound on a powerbook



On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 01:02:07PM +0200, florian wrote:
> 
> hi!
> 
> i was wondering: is it worth to install alsa on a
> powerbook? or do the normal kernel modules work
> just as well?

IMO, no unless you're looking to do low-latency audio.  For most programs,
you end up using oss-emulation support anyways.
 
> to have more than one app play sound i would have
> to install esd, right?

Yeah, which you'd probably still have to do for alsa, unless the clients
you're using support alsa natively

-Brett



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