PulseAudio 10.0 Linux Sound System Released, Offers OpenSSL 1.1.0 Compatibility

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

Today, January 19, 2017, sees the official release of the PulseAudio 10.0 open-source sound server for Linux-based operating systems, a major version that introduces many exciting new features.

PulseAudio 10.0 has been in development for the past seven months, since the June 22, 2016, release of PulseAudio 9.0, which is currently used by default in numerous GNU/Linux distributions.

The new release adds various interesting changes, such as support for automatically switching Bluetooth profiles when using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) apps like Skype, as well as the support of separate volumes for Bluetooth A2DP and HSP profiles.

Marked as fully compatible with the 1.1.0 branch of the OpenSSL toolkit, PulseAudio 10.0 now automatically starts pulseaudio.socket when using the systemd init system to start the sound server on your favorite Linux-based operating system.

Apart from that, the new PulseAudio release introduces a module called module-allow-passthrough… (read more)

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