I've recently installed 5.2.and in general I am a newbie and have been tinkering with a couple of distributions though SuSE is going to be particularly helpful as I now can see what to expect. At this point I have no sound card(the Acer s20 I have has never functioned under even my OS/2) so I'd like to buy a card more current. The AWE64 is supported, but when I almost purchased a non-retail one in ISA last week one of the guys I spoke to suggested the Monster M80(PCI) as being the choice for sound output and that was confirmed buy a gamer I spoke to later. I have been unable to find anything on this card, that is will it work under linux, even if at reduced capability(the card difference between the one I was going to buy and it was about $25(US) so I thought it a good choice but I do want something for a 100 bucks) Also, as I recently bought a used Wincast/TV-dbx I might actually have a TV for the first time in a while! An idiot box to go along with my Linux box :-) Creative now has a PCI card, but I'd like to get the most for the money; does anyone have any experience with the Diamond? Best regards, Bob Russell kc8chq@juno.com Micro$oft, what do you want to spend today? If Microsoft built Cars: Every time they repainted the lines on the road, you'd have to buy a new car. _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at <A HREF="http://www.juno.com"><A HREF="http://www.juno.com</A">http://www.juno.com</A</A>> Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e