Configuring Sound on Linux

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This book aims to teach you everything you need or want to know about Linux sound, and should cover enough ground to teach you how to get your sound functional.

Tux listening to music.

Configuring Sound on Linux

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Pulse Audio

PulseAudio is a software mixing layer. It permits multiple streams to converge as one stream presented to a single hardware source.

ALSA

ALSA is an abstraction layer for the raw hardware device. It permits a single API into numerous different audio hardware devices.

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