linux sound cards

[Dan Ritter]

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 01:47:38PM -0400, Stephen Adler wrote:
> Hi BLU,
> 
> With my enthusiasm of upgrading my desktop to a server mother board, I 
> forgot about the sound. most motherboards have had onboard sound 
> support, being desktop motherboards, and the various linux distributions 
> I've used seemed to have found the device and configured it perfectly 
> without my having to tweek configuration files. Now I need to go out and 
> buy a sound card, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions, watch 
> out's etc. regarding the card. I don't want to spend more than $30 for 
> it, and all I need it is to plug my speakers so I can listen to the 
> radio over the internet...

The more boring the card, the more likely it is to be supported.

You can also consider USB sound interfaces, which generally have
a reputation for lower background noise level.

-dsr-


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