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> I get the impression that freedesktop.org are trying to

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> pick/have picked a common lesser-of-the-evils for unix

> desktops.

Well, AFAIK the KDE people are looking for a replacement for

arts in KDE 4. Currently, gstreamer seems to be one of the

possible candidates. I really hope that they choose a common

layer in colaboration with freedesktop.org and the Gnome

people.
But even if Gnome and KDE choose gstreamer as multimedia layer

we'll again have different layers; what about command line

programs or alternative window managers?
And I guess you're just kiddin' ;-) . Of course my question

was if JACKD would be a possible candidate that all major

distributors will include in their distros and start it

during boot time. This way we would have a common audio

layer.
And because JACK can work on top of OSS as well as on ALSA

based systems, it's a very flexible solution.
BTW: Meanwhile artsd can use JACK for audio output.
Thanks a lot for JACK BTW :) .
 Best regards
    ce