Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
I constantly find myself at odds with people who choose and recommend software based on memes. Pulseaudio is totally """bloated""", but using ALSA alone isn't a viable alternative for 99.9999% of people who want a functioning audio system. Pulse is a """bloated""" front-end for ALSA, but before you whine about it, try to configure ALSA yourself for something beyond watching anime and YouTube. Yeah, yeah I know there are things like jack and such too. I've never really used it and documentation is just as scarce as for ALSA. Anyway, this is a video on why I use Pulseaudio and I'm not convinced that there are people who don't who do it for non-meme reasons.
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I constantly find myself at odds with people who choose and recommend software based on memes. Pulseaudio is totally """bloated""", but using ALSA alone isn't a viable alternative for 99.9999% of people who want a functioning audio system. Pulse is a """bloated""" front-end for ALSA, but before you whine about it, try to configure ALSA yourself for something beyond watching anime and YouTube. Yeah, yeah I know there are things like jack and such too. I've never really used it and documentation is just as scarce as for ALSA. Anyway, this is a video on why I use Pulseaudio and I'm not convinced that there are people who don't who do it for non-meme reasons.
My website: https://lukesmith.xyz
Please donate: https://lukesmith.xyz/donate
OR affiliate links to things l use:
epik.com/?affid=we2ro7sa6 Get a cheap and reliable domain name with Epik.
vultr.com/?ref=8384069-6G Get a VPS and host a website or server for anything else.
brave.com/luk005 Get the Brave browser.
lbry.tv/$/invite/@Luke View my videos on LBRY. Get a bonus for joining.
coinbase.com/join/smith_5to1 Get crypto-rich on Coinbase. We both get $10 in Bitcoin when you buy or sell $100 in cryptocurrencies.
