oss: oss (The Open Sound System) oss: oss: The Open Sound System (OSS) is a standard interface for making and oss: capturing sound in Unix operating systems. The goal of OSS is to oss: allow one to write a sound-based application program that works with oss: any sound controller hardware, even though the hardware interface oss: varies greatly from one type to another. OSS is free software, oss: distributed (here) under the GPL license. oss: oss: Learn more at: http://www.opensound.com/ oss: