Re: [gentoo-user] Removing pulseaudio

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

Am 18.04.2013 22:02, schrieb Stroller:
> On 18 April 2013, at 20:32, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
>> ...
>> (i) It's a "sound server", a description I don't understand.  What does
>> it _do_?  Why do I want it?  It seems to be an unnecessary layer of fat
>> between sound applications and the kernel.
> If you don't understand the term "sound server" you probably shouldn't be 
> using Gentoo. 
>
> When I'm watching a YouTube video I still want to hear my email client go 
> bing or my chat program alert me of my buddy coming online. 
>
> That's not possible if my web-browser has a hard-wired path into my soundcard 
> and ain't letting go.
>
> Stroller.
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>
>
beeep. Wrong.