Question about linux sound... 1025

Trixx

I too was using Debian Sarge and had some hardware issues, most notable Debian would not put my monitor into stand-by mode. The 2.4 kernels don't support USB 'hotplugging' (you have to start editing cong files), which is fine for Servers and alike, put it's a pain if you are using Linux as a Desktop and want that facility. I tried installing a 2.6 Kernel on my Debian systems but it didn't seem to help, probable because there where other things I needed to do to.

Anyway I installed kubuntu (which is Ubuntu but using KDE instead of GNOME), and found that the hardware autodetection was much better. I have never looked back. If you want to have both GNOME and KDE (as you do with Debian), then I would recommend installing Ubuntu then install the KDE desktop. You can also experiment with other window managers if you want to, like XFce and Fluxbox.

Visit the (k)Ubuntu forums and https:--wiki.ubuntu.comThere is stacks of help. MEPIS is another good distro, and I think it may install various codecs and other bits & pieces, so you don't have to go looking for them.

Good luck,

M