Was it really needed?

I have that problem with Windows realkek drivers, not Pulseaudio.

What's the subliminal "NeroHelp" icon in the corner?

Now open pavucontrol

yes? i see two firefox streams and an IM stream

For fuck's sake, look at the CPU usage while pavucontrol is open. This is some serious fucking autism.

Jack is incredible and powerful, but I can see why pulse.

If you use bluetooth speakers or headsets, yes.

It probably is much more needed than systemd

are you retarded? why would that matter? i care about how much pulseaudio takes, not how much pavucontrol GUI utility takes

I'm about to emerge media-sound/pulseaudio fuck pottering but just alsa is so limited.