In my iMac G5 the Linux it's slightest lighter than OSX performing the same task that it's listening to FLAC music.
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Of course that optimizations done outside Apple's blessed OSX had come a long way (maybe they will "never be perfect to some enthusiasts", but at least it's an "modern" alternative) and it's hard to tweaked it right to properly run this software that they never being designed to it.Ĭlick to expand.Didn't know about MoreAmp, but I give it a test on Vox, isn't perfect for my needs, but it get's the job done. I never have any OSX fair comparison because I don't like to use iTunes to manage my music (and iTunes don't like FLAC anyway). Using to listen my FLAC collection on Linux using MPD+NCMPCPP if I feel fancy to enable "visualization effects" (I don't but we all have some days) it uses 12% or 15% tops on my iMac G5, so I'm pretty satisfied with that result. I configured with only ALSA but I have the benefit of tweaking without the complexity that ALSA demands. PipeWire it's actually what I use and it have the "flexibility/compatibility" of ALSA, PulseAudio, JACK but done the right way. JACK I never used and I don't know if it had any PPC compatibility, but it's aimed to audio professionals (maybe it's even more system demanding than PulseAudio?) And it's the only way that I could configure the iMac G5 speakers properly without distortion (but I rarely use speakers, I almost always use my headphones or the USB DAC headphones) PulseAudio offers some "benefits" (not for my or my use) case but it adds an level of complexity and obviously eats more CPU cycles to do it (since it is a audio server). In my recent years using Linux I learned a lot, and unfortunately there's good news and bad news:ĪLSA it's the lightweight and simplest way to use sound depending on your setup (in my iMac G5 and PowerBook G4) I don't had any slowdown by using this method.