Has Ubuntu 10.2 fixed Intel sound problem

[Pastor JW]

On Monday, June 07, 2010 5:02:22 am Ben Edwards wrote:
> Has Ubuntu 10,.2 fixed the Intel chipset problem that was introduced
> in 9.10.  I am fairly shocked that this was not fixed in 9.10 as it
> meant that computers using Intel chipset for audio has no audio!.
> This meant that if you had a Dell laptop Ubuntu effectively no longer
> supported on board audio.

Well first off, what is 10.2 Ubuntu?  As far as I know Ubuntu made no releases 
in February this year unless it was a beta test release for 10.04 which is a 
LTS release.  Second I use a Dell with an Intel chipset and it has work fine 
since 7.10 which was the Ubuntu version Dell had on this machine when they 
sold it to me.  My laptop has never had any OS but Ubuntu ever on it.  It even 
came from Dell with LinDVD installed which plays DVDs perfectly with no errors 
in either video or sound.  I also use it every day for Skype and again both 
video and sound work perfectly even for overseas calls!
 
> Anyway rant aside has it been fixed.  This problem is giving people I
> know who are pro windows massive and partly legitimate ammunition
> against Ubuntu which really saddens me.

OTOH, the fact Ubuntu just works has been the largest factor in my town for 
several businesses to switch from windoze to Ubuntu!  The Lawyers especially 
were impressed with the fact Ubuntu with Open Office was able to read their 
older legal files done in Word and Vista's Office couldn't!!  Granted, most 
businesses do not use much for sound but it too was there in all the different 
machines I installed since last year.  Are you sure you don't just have a 
channel muted?  



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