Supported Sound Card

[Frank Conti]

I've been trying to set up Skype on Ubuntu 8.04 for several weeks.
Unfortunately, my Sound Blaster Audigy SE (SB0570) worked fine on XP but
does not appear to have a fully functional driver (will not permit
recording) under LINUX. I also have an on-board nVidia MCP61 High
Definition Audio System that suffers from the same problem. Although
both cards alow me to play-back music CD's via. Rythmbox in Ubuntu
without any problem, using a microphone as an input device is not
supported for the SB Audigy!!!

My only solution is to find and acquire, a fully supported sound card
under Linux. Could any Ubuntu/Skype user please advise me of a suitable
sound card that they are actually using under Linux... thats all I need.

Thanks for your consideration.