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> also how do you increase the volume of your speakers

The mixer is a separate device.

> it's a file and you can write to it!

Which means you don't need any special software or tooling to use it. So you can automate actions with it using scripts in ways that any other desktop system won't do for you nearly as easily.

> all you need to do is write a turing complete configuration file.

Welcome to "general purpose" computing. Go back 50 years and see what the alternatives were. Or check out Plan 9 to see the file concept taken to a much better conclusion.



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