[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for
this link. ]
“The X-Fi family of sound cards from Creative Labs has been
around for over two years but through this time there has been no
Linux support officially from Creative or from the Advanced Linux
Sound Architecture (ALSA). Among the Creative X-Fi solutions are
the X-Fi XtremeGamer, X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro, X-Fi Platinum
Fatal1ty Champion Series, and the X-Fi Elite Pro. However, Creative
Labs is on the heals of finally releasing a new audio Linux driver
that supports the X-Fi family. The driver that will be released any
day now is considered beta software, but worst of all is that this
sound driver will be closed-source…”