linux badly needs a standard sound daemon

[Michael Kearey]

lupus wrote:
> I'm tired of installing rpm's that ask me for artsd.
> I think kde people are tired of getting esd not found errors to :)
> So all desktop users profit from a standard sound daemon
> 
> MAS or JACK looks like a good replacement
> 
> But why isn't this happening? Is it to difficult to implement or isn't
> there a decent replacement for esound and artsd?

I beleive ALSA is in new 2.6 kernel (Instead of an add on), so perhaps 
that is where sound is headed ?

Cheers,
Michel