Comment 34 for bug 579300

why is ALSA OSS emulation is so taboo here ?

It is not like OSS is here to create compatibility issues ...

Absolutely no programs use OSS by default ! Only programs that don't support ALSA at all are requesting this compatibility layer !

By disabling ALSA OSS emulation you don't make the life of anyone easier ! You just break the only programs/games that will not be modified to use ALSA instead. And break all V4L drivers !

If you plan to remove ALSA OSS emulation, remove all V4L from the kernel, remove all the programs that only use OSS on the repositories. And SAY GOOD BYE TOO ALL OF US !!!

I will not blame Pulseaudio like any other in this thread, I will just say one thing. GNU/Linux as been a long time the place of choice, the choice to use what you want, if you want it. And I don't want that Ubuntu become Pulseaudio dependent !

And one other thing, Pulseaudio is easier than Alsa and his OSS emulation ? I don't think so !! Pulseaudio add an other piece of complexity in the linux audio jungle ! Why using it ? Why ? The peoples who want it can install it if they want ! Why is it in Ubuntu base ? For the most part of us it serve no purpose at all !!

I love Ubuntu ... I loved Ubuntu ... I think it's time to become serious and stop integrating beta materials in Ubuntu ...

PS: Sorry, some sentences can be strange or unreadable, English is not my natural language ...