<div dir="ltr"> I won't bore you with the details of how this arose. I have been contacted by an Undergraduate studying in Berlin. He wants opinions on Linux Audio. If anyone cares to answer any questions then I will copy and email them to him. Be as brief or verbose as you wish.<div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14.3999996185303px;white-space:pre-wrap">|What technical advantages and capabilities does the Linux audio architecture offer over
|Core Audio and ASIO for professional audio work?
|What do you consider to be the major weaknesses of the Linux audio architecture in its current state
|and how could they be improved? What lessons could be learned from other operating systems?
|Would it be beneficial for any number of software components in the Linux audio stack (ALSA, JACK, PulseAudio)
|to merge into a single, unified project? If so, would it even be a feasible effort?
|What efforts should and could be taken in order to simplify audio on Linux?
|ALSA, along with JACK and PulseAudio, operates mostly in userspace.
|What are the advantages of this design decision over a kernel-based approach?
|Is there an inherent latency advantage to audio systems that operate in kernelspace and if yes, to what extent?
|Would you, personally, consider the Linux audio stack (ALSA + JACK) sufficiently suitable for professional
|workloads when compared to Core Audio and ASIO?
|In your opinion, what is the main reason that holds mainstream adoption of Linux systems for audio work back?
|Thank you for your time.</span><br></div></div>