Fedora Core 2 and audio

[William Hooper]

Gordon Keehn said:
>> 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".  

Funny, I just installed WinXP on a Dell Optiplex GX260 and it didn't find the Video, NIC, or Sound card.

No matter what OS you use there is always going to be some hardware that you have to do work to install.

-- 
William Hooper