>>>>> "Fibonacci" == Fibonacci Prower <fibonacci.prower@xxxxxxxxx> writes: Fibonacci> Hello, Is there any reason why the alsa-oss package isn't Fibonacci> part of Fedora? It has been said before (most notably in Fibonacci> the Fedora forum) that OSS emulation modules are enabled by Fibonacci> default, and therefore alsa-oss is obsolete, but aoss Fibonacci> provides extra functionalities impossible to achieve with Fibonacci> the kernel modules, such as software mixing of output, Fibonacci> which are very useful for proprietary apps (Flash, Skype, Fibonacci> etc) that use only OSS. Fibonacci> http://alsa.opensrc.org/aoss "Usage of aoss is preferred Fibonacci> over kernel-level OSS emulation because if you need use the Fibonacci> PCM plugin layer, enabling the use of the Dmix Plugin or Fibonacci> asym." Fibonacci> I think that pretty much sums it up. See the full thread Fibonacci> on the Fedora forum for more information: Fibonacci> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=125194 Well, alsa-oss was submitted for review to be added to fedora-extras quite a while ago. (In fact it currently has the distinction of being the new review request with the least recent activity on it). https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=187706 You might add a comment there that you need this package and why? Fibonacci> Thank you for your time, Fibonacci> -Fibo kevin
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