What are the main differences between pipewire and pulseaudio? Which one is better? What are other alternative popular sound servers besides these two?
What are the main differences between pipewire and pulseaudio? Which one is better? What are other alternative popular sound servers besides these two?
Can you elaborate on what specifically makes ALSA bad, and what you mean by HAL audio drivers?
I answered below, you can also read on any of the ALSA pages as well as the wiki page for it. Wealth of knowledge on the subject is available