[Vm-dev] Ubuntu Linux 9 and unix install

[Douglas Brebner]

On 16/01/2010 04:49, K. K. Subramaniam wrote:
> On Saturday 16 January 2010 12:05:01 am Douglas Brebner wrote:
>    
>> On 15/01/2010 09:31, K. K. Subramaniam wrote:
>>      
>>> On Friday 15 January 2010 02:46:14 pm John M McIntosh wrote:
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>>>> when I do the make it seems to want to install sqUnixSoundPulseAudio
>>>>    although the readme says something about OSS being the unix deault and
>>>>    pulse audio an optional install?
>>>>          
>>> OSS is an obsolete API for sound clients. ALSA API replaced it and now
>>> with pulseaudio. However, these API support OSS clients for backward
>>> compatibility.
>>>        
>> OSS isn't obsolete for those of us on non-linux unix systems :P
>>      
> True. No offence intended. It is only obsolete on Linux (the topic of this
> thread).
>
>    

No offence taken, I just like to do my bit to stem the tide of 
unix=linux thinking :)