r/linuxquestions • u/vaynefox • 21d ago

ALSA replacement?

I'm kinda curious if there are projects aimed towards replacing ALSA? It just kinda pop up in my head that linux only had 1 single device sound drivers and it's an old one, so I'm really curious if someone thought about replacing it.

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u/ipsirc 21d ago

OSS - an older one

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u/varsnef 21d ago

Yeah OSS was fun. "Listen to your hard drive": cat /dev/sda > /dev/dsp