The SBLive is not a POS, it works well, but the mixer
is a mess. The
AC97 and Nvidia cards I can't comment on.
Well, from a pro-audio point of view they're not too hot. ;) I'm sure they're
great for normal workstation use, and I will conceed that they are much better than the
AC97 and Nvidia chips.
Since most of
the noobs to linux are comming from a windows background,
wouldn't it help if the mixer app was modeled after the mixer app used
for these cards / chips on windows? i.e. no learning curve. (maybe it
already is, I've tried to stay away from them)
Yes but this is harder than you think and requires time and a lot of
work.
Really? I wasn't talking about the driver apsect but rather the GUI layout. That is
what seems to trip people up the most, like the person who origionally posted to this
thread.
Anyway, you obviously have much more in-depth knowlege about this card than I do.
Regards,
-Reuben