Desktop environments

Linux for blind general discussion blinux-list at redhat.com
Sun Jan 13 11:59:08 UTC 2019


Interesting point, Didier. You've got me contemplating rolling my own
Firefox, especially if the configuration choices could identify a
different audio device, e.g. hw:3

Janina

Linux for blind general discussion writes:
> 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
> --
> Didier Spaier
> Slint preject http://slint.fr
> 
> 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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Janina Sajka

Linux Foundation Fellow
Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:	http://a11y.org

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures	http://www.w3.org/wai/apa




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