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Date: 21/10/2004
Well after about a year of putting up with very quiet and distorted output from one of my Linux machines sound card I finally had "it" out with my Linux install and beat it into submission. If there is was any doubt that Linux is not ready for the desktop, then you need to try setting up audio.

I basically had to install a recent version of alsa, a somewhat painful process involving far too much terminal time and linux-fu for my liking. I used this recipe for my Intel i810 card.

I've now got crystal clear audio at full volume, but man... what a screwed up place Linux is to live. With Windows you just blow it away every so often (me: 1yr) and start over with a clean install. With Linux it's better to pick a kernel/distro to use for the rest of your life and then slowly get everything working. And you can never change or upgrade because the pain of getting everything working again is like having to give birth.
Comments:
Justin Heiner
22/10/2004 5:00am
Like giving birth to a 500lb penguin :-)
w00ter
27/10/2004 4:36pm
Couldnt agree with you more Matt... even though it's still an interesting OS.
Andrew Harris
30/10/2004 3:53pm
Linux is not for everyone. I don't use ALSA but I use the NVidia nForce drivers for Linux and they work fine.
 
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