Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 18:48:24 +0100 From: Bruno <nc41530a@vizzavi.pt> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Porting ALSA drivers to OSS may be easy, according to OSS ;) Message-ID: <opr8mbqykvt0juqe@mail.vodafone.pt>
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Hi, I've tinkered a bit with Linux and FreeBSD, but still consider myself as newbie. I'm probably going for FreeBSD since I can see the best strenghts that Linux experts point in their distros already exist on FreeBSD, mostly coherent file structure, init scripts and package management. And a great plus in FreeBSD is the documentation, never seen anything like that in a Linux distro before (Debian seems the closest to me). I know FreeBSD is mainly conceived as a performance server OS and lacks in the multimedia field when compared with Linux which is much more generic. But in terms of sound I think the scenario could change easily: you don't have ALSA drivers but according to this post it's possible to convert ALSA drivers into free OSS drivers: http://www.4front-tech.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=48#48 This could mean reduced need for commercial OSS driver support :) And of course there may be licensing issues. Not really my problem since I have a SB Live!, but this could easily improve FreeBSD image on the multimedia *NIX field :) Thanks in advance, Bruno
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