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[Ken Martwick <kenm AT surfbest.net>]

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SDL is a general library foy accessing Linux hardware. I have
not used its audio capabilities, but it is used for video
display with the "DOSbox" DOS emulator and with qemu. It may
be possible to use it with X, but it isn't necessary.
Ken Martwick

On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 06:52:51PM -0800, David Moberg wrote:
> sindi keesan wrote:
> >
> > What is sdl?
> 
> It's another way of accessing an audio system such as alsa or
> oss. sdl is something like using svgalib instead of vesa - it goes
> to the same place, but adds a library layer on top. Also, like
> svgalib, it sometimes works better than just oss.
> 
> sdl is also available for video out, but AFAIK it only works in
> X.
> 
> David
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