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Updating your Linux kernel sounds scary, but here's why it's no different from a Windows update

The idea of updating your Linux kernel can sound intimidating, especially if you're new to the ecosystem or if your experience with Linux is limited to occasional tinkering. After all, the kernel is ...
Linux Journal

Linux: It Sounds Good to Me

Greetings to all readers of the Linux Journal Web site, and welcome to the first installment of a new monthly column about Linux audio software. For those of you who have been following developments ...
Linux Journal

Making Linux and Android Get Along (It's Not as Hard as It Sounds)

Many free software fans, if they were like me, breathed a collective sigh of relief when the Android operating system hit the market. Before receiving my first smartphone (a Samsung Blackjack running ...
Ars Technica

Have a slight issue with Ubuntu, sound modules with an older sound card

Hello. Well, I am experimenting with some Linux distros for a low spec video machine. For this machine, I chose to use an old ISA soundcard that is based off an AvanceLogic als100+ sound chip. This is ...
Bleeping Computer

Some Firefox 52 Users on Linux Left Without Sound

Many Firefox users on Linux were left without the ability to play sound in their browser after updating to Firefox 52, released last week. The issue at the heart of this problem is that Mozilla ...