On Friday 14 December 2007 20:10:08 Joerg Jaspert wrote: > Hi > > > * Package name : oss > > Version : 4.0 build1006 > >[...] > > You know that OSS is actually dead in linux, alsa is the current choice > for sound stuff? Whats the use of making a package out of this now?
Because a decent OSS implementation is useful: ALSA is only linux, while OSS is multi-platform, so if you care for the BSD's and other Unices you have to develop for it. I have seen trouble with some soundcards that get magically "fixed" by installing this version of OSS. -- Felipe Sateler
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