I am currently running Ubuntu Hardy Heron and I am quite dissatisfied with its audio performance. I find it a complete mess of settings that sometimes work and sometimes dont. Skype does not work at all, neither does Second Life Voice. Other audio applications sometimes work and sometimes dont. I have tried a lot of recommendations on many forums. Reading those forums I do get the impression that Ubuntu is not a good choice for audio at all. So here is my question:

Which Linux distro is regarded as a good and reliable choice for audio? Playing, recording, gaming, voip, etc.

Regards
Mikk