Re: So has anyone gotten their sound to work since it broke a few days ago?

[Ian Malone]

On 20 May 2014 04:50, David Benfell  wrote:
> In a number of distributions over a period spanning many years, removing
> pulseaudio has been a first, and all too often entirely successful, means of
> getting sound working.
>
> Pulseaudio would be exhibit A in a counterargument to a claim that "all the
> distributions are doing it."
>
> I think it is possible for distributions to get Pulseaudio right. Sabayon
> and Linux Mint seem, in my experience, to be two that have done so. But even
> so, unless you have a specialized need for Pulseaudio, which apparently may
> include very high-end audiophile applications, removing it seems generally
> harmless.

High end audiophile applications like having more than one sound
source running at a time?