Datamation examines the Debian and Ubuntu distros in detail by starting with the question, what is the difference between Debian and Ubuntu? Neither GNU/Linux distro has been out of Distrowatch's top six since 2005, and for the last four years neither has been out of the top three. There are good reasons for that. Though if systemd is not your cup of tea, there is also a Debian fork, Devuan, which is basically Debian GNU/Linux minus systemd.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 23 2017, @04:00PM
Likely their "headphones" is a USB soundcard with headphones soldered directly to the audio pins.
Thus whenever they plug in, Alsa has to deal with the appearance of a whole new sound device.