[Vm-dev] Ubuntu Linux 9 and unix install

[Levente Uzonyi]

On Sat, 16 Jan 2010, K. K. Subramaniam wrote:

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> 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:
>>>> 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.
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>> 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).

OSS 3 is obsolete, but OSS 4 is not.


Levente

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