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: > 
: > Is OSS the best sound driver option for FreeBSD now?
: > 

The quality of the option has many metrics.  From my POV it is a
non-option: Source is not available.  (The fact word of mouth gives it
the appearrance of not working is an unrelated negative, which we
might charitably presume to be overcome in the future.  Incidentally,
and amusingly, it makes 'FreeBSD' oxymoronic: Rather than say the
application supports FreeBSD, honesty requires that one say it
supports RelativelyCheapBSD:-)