Two special sound-related projects in Linux also might (Web proxy server)
Two special sound-related projects in Linux also might be able to helpyou. One is Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA), which you canfind at www.alsa-project.org/. The other is Open Sound System (OSS) at www.opensound.com/. There s also the Linux Sound & MIDI site athttp://linux-sound.org/. Listening to CDsMost of the distributions automatically open up CD players when you place amusic CD into the drive. You can, of course, also open the CD player manuallyif you choose, from: Fedora:Choose Applications.Sound & Video.CD Player (see Figure 18-1). Knoppix:From the main menu, choose Multimedia.KsCD, with the minorcaveat that you need to have a second CD drive to use it because themain CD drive has Knoppix in it! Linspire:From the main menu, choose Programs.Audio & MP3.CDPlayer. Mandrake:From the main menu, choose Multimedia.Sound.KsCD. SuSE:From the main menu, choose Multimedia.CD Player (see Figure 18-2). Figure 18-2: The KsCD inSuSE with aCD playing. Figure 18-1: The plain- Jane CDPlayer inFedora with a CD playing. 348Part IV:Getting Things Done