I have successfully installed OSS4 but ALSA and Pulseaudio remain. When I issue commands to remove Pulseaudio it also removes the dependencies like my MPD player and other critical programs.
Can this be done as a reversible installation for performance comparison?
I am a complete Linux amateur.

[root@vortexbox ~]# yum remove pulseaudio
Setting up Remove Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package pulseaudio.i586 0:0.9.15-17.fc11 set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: libpulsecore-0.9.15.so for package: pulseaudio-module-gconf-0.9.15-17.fc11.i586
--> Processing Dependency: pulseaudio = 0.9.15-17.fc11 for package: pulseaudio-module-gconf-0.9.15-17.fc11.i586
--> Running transaction check
---> Package pulseaudio-module-gconf.i586 0:0.9.15-17.fc11 set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: pulseaudio-module-gconf for package: paprefs-0.9.8-1.fc11.i586
--> Running transaction check
---> Package paprefs.i586 0:0.9.8-1.fc11 set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: paprefs for package: mpd-0.16-12.fc11.i586
--> Running transaction check
---> Package mpd.i586 0:0.16-12.fc11 set to be erased
--> Processing Dependency: mpd >= 0.15.6 for package: vortexbox-player-0.9-6.fc11.i586
--> Running transaction check
---> Package vortexbox-player.i586 0:0.9-6.fc11 set to be erased
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Removing:
pulseaudio i586 0.9.15-17.fc11 installed 1.7 M
Removing for dependencies:
mpd i586 0.16-12.fc11 installed 523 k
paprefs i586 0.9.8-1.fc11 installed 187 k
pulseaudio-module-gconf i586 0.9.15-17.fc11 installed 18 k
vortexbox-player i586 0.9-6.fc11 installed 35 k
Transaction Summary
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I will need to continue to use vortexbox-player and mpd at least (possibly more) in association with OSS4.
Any guidance would be appreciated!