PulseAudio under the hood
PulseAudio posts are always filled with naysayers; the vast vast vast majority of users (like systemd in this regard) have no idea it's even running and just get on with whatever they're doing.<p>I've primarily run Linux over the last fifteen or so years and barely had an issue that's <i>directly</i> PA's fault.<p>I remember the bad old days where a playlist would finish and then GAIM's notification sound would bleat fifteen times. PA saw an end to that.