thefastestwaytobreakamachine

The title about sums up the sentiments on the topic in my department.
What’s the use case for pulse audio?

Apparently, pulse audio is:
* configurationless consumer audio
* something that sits between you and your sound
* a replacement for ESD
* necessary for normal printer(!) operation
* cross-platform and works on windows
* really really complex
* the shit when you want less usability
* the bomb when you want less security
* not really competing with jack
* really good at marketing itself
* on by default in most current distros.

The cure:
apt-get remove –purge pulseaudio\*
yum remove pulseaudio