http://news.com.com/Apple+to+ditch+IBM%2C+switch+to+Intel+chips/2100-1006_3-5731398.html?tag=nefd.lede
supposedly. I still won't believe it till I see it. On 6/2/05, DJA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Todd Walton wrote: > > > > Creative Labs soundcards are generally well-supported in > > Linux. I looked online and saw that the Audigy is one of those > > well-supported cards. I saw one for sale at a really good price, so > > I bought it, only to bring it home and find out that it was actually > > an Audigy "LS", and that the LS part mattered. They changed the > > chipset for the LS and, of course, slaughtered Linux compatibility. > > > > I will never forgive Creative for that. I haven't had sound in Linux > > for at least a year now. > > > > -todd > > The Audigy 2ZS works great in Linux. > > But stay away from the SB 128. It also uses an odd chipset. Speculation > on the 'Net is that it's from some minor Euro sound card maker acquired > by Creative. It won't work with Linux, except by way of some pre-beta > contortions to drivers and/or some fun with the kernel. > > And last time I shopped for one (a couple of months ago, SB Live! 5.1 > cards are scarce, with merchants often pushing the SB 128 instead. > > I read somewhere that Creative no longer makes the Live! series (or at > least no longer makes it with the usual chipset - meaning it lives on in > name only). > > > -- > Best Regards, > ~DJA. > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
