Bill Rushmore wrote:
Anyway, back to the important question......why isn't
anybody talking about audio? (I don't care if it's
OSS drivers or Sun drivers or Tools.de drivers).
Audio is a multibillion dollar business - Apple,
Microsoft, Yahoo, Google and Cisco are all into audio
and minting money, why not Sun?
My guess is that Solaris is still pretty much a server
OS and most of the time on Sparc. That is changing
where Solaris is more than a desktop for the truely
"hardcore" on just Sun hardware. Things like audio
as big issues will follow.
From a practical standpoint, as a software developer
(and mass email reader, sigh) what I really need from the
audio subsystem is music, GUI sound effects and perhaps VOIP.
Once in a great while I'll play some video game on my
Solaris box - neverball, flightgear or quake.
So, my sound framework should give me:
1) automatic software mixer support
2) two channels of stereo sound (two speakers + sub, headphones, etc)
3) support for additional sound I/O devices like USB headsets.
So far, if Solaris has the right driver, my sound needs are
largely satisfied. If I was an audiophile, I would want more - but
then, perhaps something more like extigy or other USB-connected
audio gear would be appropriate along w/ custom drivers, apps, etc.
Maybe I'm missing something - if so, what?
- Bart
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Bart Smaalders Solaris Kernel Performance
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