FreeBSD not so free anymore ? Long live FreeBSD...

[Matt Dawson]

On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:00:47 +0000 (UTC)
Jerry <jerry at seibercom.net> wrote:

> So, are you implying that ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture)
> is never going to happen on a FreeBSD system?

Our OSS sound subsystem works (and allows multiple access) without
twenty different sound servers, mixers, shim layers and much faffing
about, which is how we like it. So no, it's very unlikely we the users
are going to put up with some putz wanting to swap that for something
that only works when the planets are in the correct alignment after the
use of some mystical incantation and the ritual sacrifice of a gnu
just to get Skype (which is now owned by MS and is also now a conduit
for yet more advertising) going. Sound is one of the things FreeBSD
gets very right and most reasonably portable applications are just fine
with our implementation of it.

There's a compat port for those who want/need the ALSA API.
-- 
Matt Dawson
MTD15-RIPE
GW0VNR
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