Comment on The destructive desktop — Linux in trouble?parentComments−lmm14yThat's a nitpick really. Every major OS from windows 95 onwards (BSD included) could/can do software mixing on cards that didn't have hardware mixing, except for linux/OSS.−binarycrusader14yAnd that was only true if you were using the version of OSS included in Linux.The commercial version of OSS supported software-based mixing when the hardware didn't support it.Same as the version of OSS found in Solaris today.
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That's a nitpick really. Every major OS from windows 95 onwards (BSD included) could/can do software mixing on cards that didn't have hardware mixing, except for linux/OSS.
And that was only true if you were using the version of OSS included in Linux.
The commercial version of OSS supported software-based mixing when the hardware didn't support it.
Same as the version of OSS found in Solaris today.