On 2/1/07, Naoki <naoki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Fedora Core 6 uses alsa for it's audio, fedora core 2/3 uses OSS. Alsa and a recent Fedora Core will be far better for your sound needs as it is A) better, and B) newer/more drivers.
ALSA was included in FC3. In fact it was standard with the 2.6 kernel which shipped with FC2 (2.6 kernel deprecated OSS). Even so the drivers in the kernel and ALSA for your soundcard are most likely out of date.
Unless there is some very very specific reason you need to run an unsupported fedora release you should never entertain the idea of it. And yes FC6 will do 64-bit very very well and support most sounds cards including on-boad. In fact that is the exact configuration I am using right now.
I'm not saying which version to use, but most likely your sound will be fixed by either (manually) upgrading ALSA or the kernel. However it probably is more practical to upgrade Fedora as mentioned. But there's always a chance that even an updated FC6 may have sound card issues. An added note. If you are interested in multimedia, 64-bit linux does have some limitations. Certain things like web browser plugins and using some 32-bit windows codecs may require some extra work to setup. -Mauriat
