Desktop environments

[Linux for blind general discussion]

The official binaries of firefox requires pulseaudio.

However firefox can be built without this requirement.

As an example Slackware firefox packages do not require pulseaudio.

So, it all depends what options chose the person who built the package.

@All: please name yourself in top or bottom of your post,
so we know who is speaking.

Best,
Didier
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On 11/01/2019 19:46, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> firefox requires pulseaudio.
> On Fri, 11 Jan 2019, Linux for blind general
> discussion wrote:
> 
>> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 08:18:05
>> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>> To: blinux-list at redhat.com
>> Subject: Re: Desktop environments
>>
>> I thought gnome required pulseaudio or it wouldn't run. Stuff like gstreamer and all the major media players eem to want to pull it in.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>> To: blinux-list at redhat.com
>> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 13:04:44 +0000
>> Subject: Re: Desktop environments
>>
>>> Good to know there are some workarounds for the issues with Pulseaudio.
>>>
>>> Still, I'm quite happy without those 200+ megabytes of bloat and will
>>> be sticking to my strategy of purging Pulseaudio from any system that
>>> installs it by default until given a reason to actually keep it. Then
>>> again, I'm not sure I've ever heard even a sighted user say anything
>>> good about pulseaudio and I'm not even sure what issue with the
>>> lighter, more mature sound system options its supposed to address.
>>>
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