Good Sound Card for linux?

[The O'Really Factor]

Anybody know of good sound cards that are well supported in Linux that I can get for a good price? I was going to go through Creative Labs with the ALSA drivers, but I hear that lately Creative has been very uncooperative with support for Linux.

I've been having a lot of trouble with my current on-board audio with ALSA, so I've finally decided that getting a new sound card is the way to go. Any help or ideas are appreciated.

Thanks,
Robert

[fingal]

Hi - Check this out if you're using ALSA (good choice!): http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Main

[The O'Really Factor]

Thanks for the reply fingal. I've been looking through that for about five or six minutes now, and I'm just wondering if anyone has experience with a good sound card that works well with the ALSA drivers.

Fingal, are you using a sound card other than on-board? If so how well does it work with ALSA and what brand is it?

[The O'Really Factor]

Nevermind fingal. I am happy to say that I've just gotten my sound working after a series of trial and error. I am now going to get a subscription of Cedega and completely switch all my activities to Linux.

[fingal]

Thanks for the reply fingal. I've been looking through that for about five or six minutes now, and I'm just wondering if anyone has experience with a good sound card that works well with the ALSA drivers.

Fingal, are you using a sound card other than on-board? If so how well does it work with ALSA and what brand is it?

Pleased you got your card working. I've been using a Creative Labs SB Live! card with the EMU10k1 module for a while. It was very cheap (around GBP 25) but - through a set of Altec Lansing speakers - produces more than enough volume for me!

[The O'Really Factor]

Thanks.

All it took was recompiling the ALSA drivers for my card. I heard some Creative cards are a pain in the arse to get working.