On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 01:15:54PM -0700, Jesse Keating wrote:
Because generally whats on the mainboard (or in the laptop) works.
If
it didn't work, the first reaction isn't "Oh I need to go buy a better
one" it's "why the heck can't linux work with this, is linux still a
piece of crap?". Replacing the soundcard in a laptop is even more tricky.
People thinking that "linux is still a piece of crap" are usually not
that active in the FOSS development. And the first lesson I learned when
I started using linux was to buy hardware after checking that it is
compatible with linux. And this is usually followed by everyone I know
personally who is using linux. Do you really buy new hardware without
checking its compatibility with linux first?
And do you use your soundcard in a way that you benefit from the
Pulseaudio features?
Regards
Till