Configuring Sound on Linux
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This book aims to teach you everything you need or want to know about Linux sound, and should cover enough ground to teach you how to get your sound functional.
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Pulse Audio
PulseAudio is a software mixing layer. It permits multiple streams to converge as one stream presented to a single hardware source.
ALSA
ALSA is an abstraction layer for the raw hardware device. It permits a single API into numerous different audio hardware devices.