> > I was wondering what is the best bet for linux (kernel) support? I don't want 
> > to run into trouble like I did with my aureal vortex -- horrible mistake. 

Vortex's are awesome. Well engineered. Excellent S/N ratio. (Unless you
buy one of those ultra cheap grey market chinese models...) Supported
out of the box with 2.6 kernels/alsa

> soundblaster live 5.1 is well supported. i think it's a good quality card.

Noisy as hell.


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