#%Module1.0 module-whatis "Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) libraries" module-url "https://alsa-project.org/" module-license "GNU GPL v3" module-maintainer "Achim Gsell " module-help " The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and MIDI functionality to the Linux operating system. ALSA has the following significant features: o Efficient support for all types of audio interfaces, from consumer sound cards to professional multichannel audio interfaces. o Fully modularized sound drivers. o SMP and thread-safe design. o User space library (alsa-lib) to simplify application programming and provide higher level functionality. o Support for the older Open Sound System (OSS) API, providing binary compatibility for most OSS programs. "