Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 13:43:16 +0100 From: Matt Dawson <matt@chronos.org.uk> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD not so free anymore ? Long live FreeBSD... Message-ID: <201206161243.q5GChMcp092991@chronos.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20120616120047.88AF01065697@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20120616120047.88AF01065697@hub.freebsd.org>
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--Sig_/a=sAKwpWvK+3mX/ao=IxtPM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:00:47 +0000 (UTC) Jerry <jerry@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. --=20 Matt Dawson MTD15-RIPE GW0VNR --Sig_/a=sAKwpWvK+3mX/ao=IxtPM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk/cf2oACgkQAmT9uY8euiKrJACePEh5xroZV5KU9ia2v+EtC8m1 yTgAniJ/+WNqb1OUXZN6MhLjpxJKjNz8 =IX91 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/a=sAKwpWvK+3mX/ao=IxtPM--
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