On Sat, Apr 16, 2005 at 10:27:42PM -0400, Khepri wrote:
> I was just curious to know if the general consensus for a soundboard
> under Linux is Soundblaster and Nvidia based for video?
Actually, Creative Labs has historically been kind of a thorn in the
side of FLOSS developers, as far as I'm aware. SoundBlaster Live! cards
do seem to be fairly well supported, though, as far as I can tell. I
have one in this machine and Debian loaded support for it without a
hitch. I can only assume that its drivers for Windows have been
thoroughly reverse-engineered by FLOSS developers.
>
> ATI seems friendly, but Nvidia seems friendlier, however I just read an
> post somewhere on the web suggesting Nvidia doesn't offe rthe kind of
> suport they have in the based the the main Linux liason no longer works
> there and has moved on..or was that Soundblaster? If so, which board?
> Not seeing to many good things about the Audigy cards but the Live!
> cards seem to be an easier go of it....
I've also had no issues with my ATI card in this machine. I have an ATI
Radeon 9500, and (again) Debian supports it without a hitch. On the
other hand, I have another computer 'round here in which I installed an
old ATI Rage and it absolutely did not play well with Linux. Then
again, the Rage line was notorious for being flaky and generally awful
regardless of the OS, and though they've discontinued the line ATI still
gets a lot of bad rep from that.
>
> One piece I don't see much feedback on is the otherboard..company-wise,
> are there any I should avoid for being known to be troublesome under
> Linux? I think I did see a couple of complaints about ASUS but I don't
> recall exactly what that was...
This machine has an ASUS P4B266-C motherboard, and I've had zero
problems with it. I have, however, had no end of trouble with an
Amptron board in another computer. It's a cheapo board with everything
integral (onboard video, sound, et cetera) that has had minor issues
with Windows and major issues with unices. I seem to remember running
across some kind of complaint about ASUS boards with Linux, but I don't
remember the specifics and, frankly, everything's likely to have a
complaint or two aimed at it eventually. My own experience with ASUS
has been good.
You might consider avoiding boards that use SiS chipsets. They're
pretty commonly flaky.
-- Chad Perrin [ CCD CopyWrite | http://ccd.apotheon.org ]
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