I don&#x27;t personally think this can be blamed on Linux - Audio works on Linux as well as OSX does, when the hardware is selected and configured, as it is on OSX.  Linux has alternative and competing - and thriving - audio subsystems, and this means that systems integration has to pay attention to what its doing.  This didn&#x27;t happen in Androids&#x27; case; where other Linux distros had rock-solid and professional-quality audio subsystems and software integration, Android had an NIH implementation that ended up having to re-invent the wheel, to boot.