advent 9112 / Netbook style distro that will work?

[jmhole]

Hi there, first post have been using ubuntu for a couple of weeks now really like it and have installed the netbook remix as i mostly use it just to surf, blog and management for my building project and a few open office documents.

i am really pleased with it except i cannot, no matter how hard i try get it to work with skype properly(microphone sounds terrible external and internal) or headphones( not turning off speakers when connected) and none of the common fixes work, I am generally quite good with managing to sort out computer related issues like this but i dont yet have an understanding of how to drive linux systems.

so i am trying to ask if anyone can advise me on what distro to try to enable me to work efficently and hopefully work with my hardware.

Thanks in advance.

James

[kewlharsh]

Welcome to linux forums!!.

Ubuntu has a problem with Skype and in microphones in particular. This is one of the bugs. There are a few posts you might want to read -

GeekyBits³: Microphones & Skype on Ubuntu

Skype Microphone Help! - Ubuntu Forums

Skype Microphone problem and complete pulse audio setup in Ubuntu : Arun’s Blog

See how it goes. Ubuntu normally works well with hardware and you should'nt be having a lot of trouble.

If you are seriously thinking about changing your distro, you might want to try Linux mint, which is pretty much like Ubuntu and has a good interface.

If you are comfortable with linux distros and happy to work your way through, you could try out Fedora, Knoppix etc.

Hope this helps.

[jmhole]

Thanks, ill give them a go this evening, also notices that when i plug headphones in i can hear what the built in mic is hearing and the mic on the headphones is very distorted, i assume because it it trying to record 2 mics.

ubuntu is awesome so i think i will stay with for now even if i cant fix this.

But i will have to find some time to learn about how terminal works rather than just copy paste everything.

thanks.

james


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