I also agree to a certain extent. Many people lack the time to devote to
being completely versed in Linux From my perspective, I cannot afford the
time. Although a sound card may be important to someone else, it is trivial
to me. I don't care how the bus interfaces with the IDE channel, I just
need it to work. The same is true with the sound card. Networking topics
and web software development are of far greater importance to me. BUT I
would like nothing more than to have more time to devote
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carson Wilcox" <carson_wilcox@yahoo.com>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 8:39 AM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Looking for a low cost sound card for Linux
> While I agree with the "you are not learning anything"
> for the most part. I have to comment that while
> learing is a good thing, for Linux to become more
> mainstream, things like autodetect need to work a lot
> better. The majority of users are not interested in
> "learning", the simply what to sit down and "use". I'm
> not making a judgement, simply facing the facts of the
> real world.
>
> Carson
>
> --- "Patrick Grantham (aka. Mr Yahoo)"
> <pwgrant@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >If you rely on autodetect for all
> > > your hardware then you are not learning anything,
> > in my opinion.
> >
> > Point well taken. Due to commitments and time
> > constraints, I am forced to
> > choose topics very carefully. I wish I had more
> > time to spend tinkering
> > with the sound hardware. However, in this case, I
> > efforts are far more
> > valuable spent elsewhere. I **DO** appreciate the
> > suggestion, those items
> > are on my shopping list.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Toby FreakSoft" <freaksoft@yahoo.com>
> > To: <slug@nks.net>
> > Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 2:40 PM
> > Subject: Re: [SLUG] Looking for a low cost sound
> > card for Linux
> >
> >
> > > > I was a bit surprised that SUSE's distribution
> > failed to autodetect
> > > .. I have used a SBLive Value with every distro I
> > have ever used. Also
> > they are
> > > rather cheap ($25 +$8 on pricewatch.com). If you
> > rely on autodetect for
> > all
> > > your hardware then you are not learning anything,
> > in my opinion. Get the
> > > O'Reilly book on Running Linux and also Linus in a
> > Nutshell. By far the
> > best
> > > money i ever spent on books. Anyway.. get the
> > sblive and be happy.
> > >
> > > ~TF
> > >
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