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Light and Sound wrote:Does Linux use its own drivers for the sound cards?

Sound card driver support is usually provided by ALSA.

Steve, That was some reply. Thanks. At the last job I used Ubuntu 11.4. I, too, did not care much for Unity, so I disabled it and stuck with the Gnome desktop. Good idea about virtualbox. I am currently running Ubuntu 11.10 under it, mainly for xephem . Works like a champ. Does Linux use its own dri...

The only reason I mention Ubuntu is because I have some familiarity with it from using in my last job. Do you know which version of Ubuntu you used? Ubuntu has gone through some pretty radical changes since version 10.x Is there a preferred (for Audacity use) distro? And is there a suitable dual-bo...

Do you have a reason for specifying "Ubuntu" rather than any other Linux distribution? In my experience more recent versions of Ubuntu are becoming increasingly sluggish and difficult to customise. The only reason I mention Ubuntu is because I have some familiarity with it from using in my last job...

Recording sounds playing on the computer is possible on Linux, in fact there are several ways to do it on Linux. One method is to use "PulseAudio". There is a detailed description for Ubuntu 10.04 / 10.10 here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Stereo_mix_with_Ubuntu_10 Do you have a reason for spec...

Yes, "What U hear" is an option using the SoundBlaster, which I do not have on the Vista PC. So "What U hear" is probably not the name ...

... if I ever did indeed have "What you hear" on Vista. It's possible that you did but that ... you just had it on XP. The term "What U Hear" is only used by Creative Labs (SoundBlaster) ...

... for "Stereo Mix" (also known as "What U Hear") is increasingly being dropped both by ... I ever did indeed have "What you hear" on Vista. Thanks again, Kevin

... Support for "Stereo Mix" (also known as "What U Hear") is increasingly being dropped both by Microsoft and sound ...

... for many years, though only occasionally under Vista. I am trying to record using the "What you Hear" input option. This had been available last time I used it, ...