On 2/26/06, Victor Odhner kindly wrote: > Yup, it's getting so you're out of luck if you want to run > Linux on old computers, a recent Slashdot posting to > the contrary . . . unless I want to get into the ALSA cvs > repository and spend a few hours in hopeful hacking ... > but that's what I do for a living, and we should be past > that for a driver (snd-sb16 for Sound Blaster 16 ISA) > that used to work and is now orphaned even in distros > that used to have it. > > Just felt like venting.  I'll do the cvs thing when I have a > few hours of cultural time (ha!).  And my friend calls me > every few days asking if his computer is ready yet . . . > No, he can't cut into his ramen-noodles budget to buy a > new sound card. Have you tried Vector or one of the distros that's optimized for older hardware? I think Vector and Slackware still use an older 2.4.* kernel by default. Maybe it would have drivers for older hardware. I dunno... Siri Amrit -- Tigerflag Natural Perfumery, LLC www.tigerflag.com --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss