Re: Why I'm going back to windows from Suse.
From: Michel Catudal (bbcat_at_netonecom.net)
Date: 05/10/04
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Date: 9 May 2004 17:20:11 -0500
Cloud Burst wrote:
> On Sat, 08 May 2004 08:48:37 +0100, Charles Prince
> <s_p_a_m_t_r_a_p@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 05 May 2004 02:26:36 +0000, Cloud Burst wrote:
>>
>><snip>
>>>
>>> But I think it's ironic that my lovely Turtle Beach Montego
>>> sound card isn't supported by SuSE. So I can save a few $$
>>> by downloading and installing SuSE, but then I have to go
>>> out and buy a new sound card. And decent ones aren't cheap.
>>> They're more than SuSE.
>>>
>>> Ha!
>>>
>>> CB
>>
>>I agree with everyone that say's it is not for linux to support hardware
>>but for the hardware manufacturers to support the o/s.
>>
>>A lot of these manufacturers are spoilt by the fact that unlike windows
>>users, the open source community usually creates hardware support itself.
>>
>>In your case, your sound card is supported by a open source driver. This
>>I know because my daughters used to have one when they were running mdk.
>>
>>You need to source the driver yourself and install it.
>
> I got it. But it comes with two object files (with no source) that
> are compiled with an old gcc version, making it impossible to link
> with anything I compile on my machine now! I got very close, but
> the makefile popped up a few lines that told me I couldn't link.
>
> CB
It is well supported by Open Sound
http://www.opensound.com/osshw.html
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