From nobody Thu May 25 13:43:15 2023 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4QRq5M6Mb6z4V1R4 for ; Thu, 25 May 2023 13:43:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Received: from h1.out4.mxs.au (h1.out4.mxs.au [110.232.143.238]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4QRq5M3788z4D6V for ; Thu, 25 May 2023 13:43:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from smithi@nimnet.asn.au) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from s121.syd3.hostingplatform.net.au (s121.syd3.hostingplatform.net.au [103.27.34.4]) by out4.mxs.au (Halon) with ESMTPS id 1fb8a915-fb02-11ed-9bc8-00163c87da3f; Thu, 25 May 2023 23:43:25 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=nimnet.asn.au; s=default; h=Message-ID:From:CC:To:Subject: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To: Date:Sender:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From: Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help: List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=1QlUId/yc+yJYtNhVxXiEU9/XxveDNuEkz2y4aZQQ+0=; b=ih3uI+aLEKolOgaQg1UmRdrEQd sqXkL2YKSdHgNB2IOwbCUxHpF32iNwCZmTgEoEprq2l/fuH+rdsd4BYgZZ3Zd4XAZ8JPgCrLxc9SE 6CbVDsV27beF7vnxMUxmO+wN+3c8/wfslB9zc8n6e6OS7dX02KPLRet8cLJXYIqkhY6BKhIkGOwB5 Wjzt8/QV+7G5rbRycyN3jmiqr0vI8HWy5MbPKVF2vzlmqJaU10YzWPv1qDVUBhFRQT4cckuWihf1q z8SulLAjftPnkATid9vqWZhUpCZJXiCwiUXGhXzQd9vUe34DElxAhPkWvD9MuPC4hOjzME6T0eBTQ TVZ3L1Hw==; Received: from [1.144.216.156] (port=35109 helo=Galaxy-J5-Pro) by s121.syd3.hostingplatform.net.au with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1q2BFV-002bX9-27; Thu, 25 May 2023 23:43:25 +1000 Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 23:43:15 +1000 User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android In-Reply-To: References: <718e2b3e-3c57-d9b5-642e-6f6b54b896ce@Gmail.com> <8159f1281c63c9d11b6545c982427b9272c32455.camel@riseup.net> List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: Overview of Linux and FreeBSD sound systems? To: Ralf Mardorf CC: questions@freebsd.org From: Ian Smith Message-ID: <6FD67A3B-E327-4BFA-8F1C-5F3BA01F37B8@nimnet.asn.au> X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - s121.syd3.hostingplatform.net.au X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - nimnet.asn.au X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: s121.syd3.hostingplatform.net.au: authenticated_id: smithi@nimnet.asn.au X-Authenticated-Sender: s121.syd3.hostingplatform.net.au: smithi@nimnet.asn.au X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4QRq5M3788z4D6V X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:45638, ipnet:110.232.140.0/22, country:AU] X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On 25 May 2023 4:16:54 pm AEST, Ralf Mardorf wr= ote: > PPS: >=20 > On Thu, 2023-05-25 at 08:15 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > PS: > >=20 > > On Wed, 2023-05-24 at 21:16 -0400, Steven Friedrich wrote: > > > The base sound system is OSS, right? > >=20 > > No, it was OSS, but nowadays it is ALSA=2E OSS is superseded by ALSA= =2E >=20 > In the case of Linux ;)=2E As was your commentary on different sound systems, Ralf=2E And as are an = increasing number of messages here lately, especially with VMs providing a = 'backdoor escape'=2E Would you care to lend your obviously considerable audio experience to the= case of old-fashioned metal FreeBSD, for a similar set of usage cases? What audio options are currently most usable with e=2Eg=2E KDE or other DE= s? cheers, Ian