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.I've primarily run Linux over the last fifteen or so years and barely had an issue that's directly PA's fault.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.