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"Sound" extension?

"Sound" extension?

Posted Sep 9, 2004 19:07 UTC (Thu) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954)
In reply to: "Sound" extension? by iabervon
Parent article: The X.org 6.8 release

I can also see other reasons to tie sound into the X protocol. You might want to have a set of headphones associated with a particular screen (if that's the right word) just as you have a mouse associated with one. It makes sense for X to own the entire interface to a human being.


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