I am helping a friend migrate from Windows to Linux. His old Dell's original Windows XP install became unusable from the craware and from several viruses runnin gon it. It's actually pretty funny to see the viruses kill the anti-virus before it has a chance to open its update dialog.
I installed Ubuntu Linux on his machine (and increased the RAM for good measure). He's happy with it, with one notable exception; the sound card is a PCI Creative Sound Blaster 24 Live, which obstinately refuses to work with Linux (Ubuntu 9.04 will reportedly fix the problem). This means that the kids reboot in Windows to watch their Flash web sites, a clearly unsatisfactory solution. So I am looking for a recommendation for a decent PCI sound card that is supported by Linux. Any brand/model you had success with? Note: When I built a Linux home machine, I went with an el-cheapo StarTech PCISOUND4 card, $11 at Newegg, which worked fine. I ordered another one for this friend and it was defective, apparently a common occurrence for this model. Comment posters on Newegg say a huge proportion of these cards are either dead on arrival, defective or noise-ridden. I would not recommend it. _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Dec 3 - Lightning Talks & Swap Session
