Fedora Core 2 and audio

Gordon Keehn gordonkeehn at netzero.net
Wed Jun 30 13:04:11 UTC 2004


Steve Cooke wrote:

> Florin Andrei wrote:
> 
> (Among other things ...)
> 
> The third reason for me not filing a bug report is that I really do not 
> believe it *that* important that sound works right out of the box. 

Hey, guys
    If Linux is a private game for geeks with horn-rimmed glasses, 
shaggy beards, and hair on their palms, then that is an acceptable 
answer, but if Linux is EVER to be accepted popularly, that is the wrong 
way to go.  Especially with a sound chip that is found on a significant 
percentage of the older boxes that Linux gets installed on.
    Regardless of Windows' many faults and flaws, M'squat insures by 
bribery, intimidation, or whatever, that common hardware DOES work 
"right out of the box".  While I'm a newbie with Linux I do consider 
myself reasonably competent.  If, after scanning this forum, and the 
FAQs, and Google, I still can't get my sound card to work (or my USB Zip 
drive, but that's another issue), then it's time to hang it up.  I have 
a day job, a wife, and a few other things that take precedence over 
trying to force Linux to recognise a legacy sound chip.
    Cheers,
Gordon Keehn





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