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by denton-scratch 1726 days ago
> the odd Pulseaudio app, which is pretty rare.

Unless you count Firefox?
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BrightGlow 1725 days ago
Well I don't usually need to connect audio from Firefox directly into a DAW or synthesizer. And technically that could still be done with Jack, it's just a bit harder to do because you have to create additional pulseaudio sinks first.
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denton-scratch 1725 days ago
I was just referring to the fact that it is no longer possible to run Firefox on ALSA without PA. And I only mentioned it because it annoys me.
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BrightGlow 1725 days ago
You may want to try this project: https://github.com/i-rinat/apulse

But I don't recommend using only ALSA without a sound server on a desktop, the usability of it is pretty bad.

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denton-scratch 1725 days ago
Apulse works for Firefox.

I have found ALSA useable, over many years. But I've never understood the config notation, so my configs have always been pretty cargo-cultish.

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