Re: [Audacity-nyquist] Ubuntu's switch to pulseaudio broke accessibility for the blind.
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From: Igor C. <igo...@gm...> - 2009-10-25 21:41:21
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"Evidence in the form of test routines and links to brief PCM WAV files might. " Gale! The problem is not so simple, as you seem to believe. Yes, you have a drastic difference on old computers. For new computers, you may not have OSS4 driver, or ALSA driver, or both. And if there is a driver, it is likely to have bugs. The only objective difference is CPU usage, and this is predetermined by the design of ALSA and OSS. Some users do need ALSA, and OSS4 is not a solution for them. Others do need OSS4. Perhaps, somebody needs PulseAudio. It is up to users to decide what to use. And they need the freedom of choice to be able to decide. This is the problem. No freedom of choice. You have to use PulseAudio with Ubuntu 9.10, if you do not know how to remove PulseAudio. That particular howto explains how to remove PulseAudio and fix ALSA, and how to install OSS4, if somebody wants. If you believe that the freedom of choice is of no value, and any attempt to defend such freedom is a kind of "stupid crusade", then this is your personal belief. In this particular case, the freedom of choice has a practical value. Many Ubuntu Audacity users may want to know how to get rid of PulseAudio. |