[plug] PCI soundcards

[Dennis Plester]

Along a similar vein to some previous posts (PCI sound cards and IDE
burners)...

I'm fairly new to the Linux scene having only been using it regularly on my
home PC since the beginning of the year. Of the distributions I've tried so
far, Corel 1.0, Red Hat 6.1, Red Hat 6.2 and lately, Mandrake 7.1, Mandrake
was the only one that successfully detected and configured my PCI
SoundBlaster Live card without my intervention. The fact that it also
detected and correctly set up my el cheapo IDE Mitsumi CDRW was an added
bonus. I always managed to get this gear running on the others, but only
after further downloading and/or kernel recompiles... Something that can be
a stretch for a newbie, but I can now do without too much thought.

Are there any downsides to Mandrake for a "typical" home user, apart from
being slightly off the pace with some of the included application versions?
I've heard some people say its buggy, but I haven't seen this side of it
yet...

Thanks in advance

Dennis.

If at first you don't succeed, maybe trying turning on the power this
time...