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Re: kernel-headers-2.0.32 vs. kernel-headers-2.0.33



On Mon, Apr 13, 1998 at 04:48:46PM +0000, Rev. Joseph Carter wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 13, 1998 at 03:46:48PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> 
> > > Granted, OSS/Linux is an example of how NOT to write a driver for Linux,
> > > and OSS/Free is worse, but.
> > 
> > Some day in the future, the ALSA (Alternative Linux Sound Architecture) may
> > take over. It is (L)GPL'ed software. Help is appreciated.
> > 
> > http://alsa.jcu.cz
> 
> Yes, I have seen it.  The good news is that after dropkicking the CS4232
> card outta my machine and putting in the ES1688 card, I should in theory
> be able to use ALSA now if I don't mind the current state of the code.

It is 0.0.11 atm, what would you expect (but quake works ! ;)
The interesting part is that it aims to be also a drop in replacement for
OSS (so that old binaries still will work). I hope to have the time for the
C++ API. (This is another interesting part: it will have library code).
 
> I'll wait for a more end-user friendly product, same as with GGI.  Oh sure
> I can use libggi in X or svgalib, but I don't want these things, I want
> kgi and evstacks.  =>

I know what you mean. I wait for Debian GNU/Hurd ;)

Marcus

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