Hi all...
I know at times I have been critical of how certain things are set up in Linux (rest assured, Windows gets the same critique, I don't give unquestioning loyalty to any OS) but today I wanted to express my appreciation and satisfaction with something I felt Ubuntu did right.
I've been working on a friend's system and I purchased a used sound card, (Sound Blaster Live! Value, SB200) that I thought would be an upgrade to what she had. Prior to installing a copy of XP for her, I tested to see if the card worked by running Ubuntu 10.04 in live mode. Ubuntu set up the card beautifully and after unmuting the sound system and bringing up a few internet radio stations, the playback was full but for some reason, a bit scratchy (for lack of a better word.) I didn't play around with it enough to figure out the reason why. It may had to do with the drivers or the card. The speakers I know are ok. My main point is here that Ubuntu successfully installed and used the card using native drivers.
When I installed XP, neither it nor any of the service packs had a driver for it. So I first went to Creative's site to find one only to discover that they only issued 64 bit versions for this card, unless I didn't look correctly, which is a possibility. So after trying one or two other drivers I found elsewhere and having no success, I found someone's member page that had an OEM version that finally worked. However, you could barely hear the sound, no matter how high you turned it up on the OS and the speakers, so I just took it out and put in a Diamond ESS Canyon 3D, which both OS's support natively and works extremely well in both.
In my experiences with both Linux and Windows, considering this job, I think Linux won the round, if you wish to use that analogy. It does seem that the developers of Linux and perhaps Ubuntu, attempt to make a sincere effort at including all possible drivers so everything works out the box. Very helpful and appreciated, thank you.
Regards...
I know at times I have been critical of how certain things are set up in Linux (rest assured, Windows gets the same critique, I don't give unquestioning loyalty to any OS) but today I wanted to express my appreciation and satisfaction with something I felt Ubuntu did right.
I've been working on a friend's system and I purchased a used sound card, (Sound Blaster Live! Value, SB200) that I thought would be an upgrade to what she had. Prior to installing a copy of XP for her, I tested to see if the card worked by running Ubuntu 10.04 in live mode. Ubuntu set up the card beautifully and after unmuting the sound system and bringing up a few internet radio stations, the playback was full but for some reason, a bit scratchy (for lack of a better word.) I didn't play around with it enough to figure out the reason why. It may had to do with the drivers or the card. The speakers I know are ok. My main point is here that Ubuntu successfully installed and used the card using native drivers.
When I installed XP, neither it nor any of the service packs had a driver for it. So I first went to Creative's site to find one only to discover that they only issued 64 bit versions for this card, unless I didn't look correctly, which is a possibility. So after trying one or two other drivers I found elsewhere and having no success, I found someone's member page that had an OEM version that finally worked. However, you could barely hear the sound, no matter how high you turned it up on the OS and the speakers, so I just took it out and put in a Diamond ESS Canyon 3D, which both OS's support natively and works extremely well in both.
In my experiences with both Linux and Windows, considering this job, I think Linux won the round, if you wish to use that analogy. It does seem that the developers of Linux and perhaps Ubuntu, attempt to make a sincere effort at including all possible drivers so everything works out the box. Very helpful and appreciated, thank you.
Regards...
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