Depends on hardware and purpose. I run bare alsa in my machines for utter maximum performance, no issues on desktops but laptop has to start JACK to play any mono audio, as there is no mono channel on its soundcard.
If I were to send a copy of that netbook to an ordinary user, I would install Pulseaudio and sacrifice 720p video playback. I originally removed it from the desktop because 4 core Phenoms had issues with AVCHD with it, I doubt my 8-core AMD bulldozer box would be bothered. On 07/29/2013 at 2:05 AM, "Ralf Mardorf" <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote: > >On Sun, 2013-07-28 at 20:11 -0700, Len Ovens wrote: >> Disabling PA is not an optimal solution either. > >That's why I always remove pulse audio for e.g. Ubuntu, resp. don't >install it for Arch. > >> The reality is that pulse is the most seamless method of using >most >> desktop applications. > >Just using ALSA does work good for me. > >Regards, >Ralf > > > >-- >Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list >Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com >Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel -- Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
