Hello all. I am happy to announce that I just installed the newest arts rpms from the apt-get repositories and now 'artsdsp skype &' works like a charm! No error messages about unloadable libraries. As a test, I fired up amaroK and then placed a call through skype to my cellphone. The sound mixing worked as it should. (Yes, I was careful to isolate the sources of my voice by unplugging the microphone from my laptop or --exclusive or-- covering the microphone of my cellphone to make sure sound worked as it should.) The fact artsdsp on my 64-bit SuSE 9.3 system now works with 32-bit software (I am quite certain amaroK has been compiled by SuSE as 64 -bit and absolutely positive skype is 32-bit) may have considerable impact --positive one!-- on the multimedia capabilities of SuSE. Per Bjoern Jacke's recommendation, I will continue my experiments with aoss and report the results. :) I also subscribe to another board about my 64-bit AMD laptop (Presario R3000-series, which I need for its number crunching on-the-go capabilities), so I keep a keen eye on problems encountered by people running other Linux distributions on this laptop. Furthermore, I have a friend who sets up SMP Opteron boards. From the information I have gathered from these two sources, I believe that when it comes to AMD64 (single- or multi-processor), SuSE wins hands down! :) CF