> While I agree, I do recognize that OSS provides a nice, > consistent cross-Unix interface for audio. ?There is lots > of value in that. I agree that OSS has two advantages: * easy to use via /dev/dsp and /dev/midi * Cross-Platform But I also agree that ALSA has lots of advantages over OSS. > There's something sort of unfortuante about the "L" in > ALSA. Yep, it is, but I'm just happy about this. Maybe some day it will happen that ALSA will spread on other systems, too. I know that this is a licencing problem, BTW. Best regards ce