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Tiny Core Linux – I have sound (and more)!

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 28, 2010

“It’s not usually a big deal, getting sound working in Linux or
BSD. In my case, however, my laptop’s internal sound module is
dead, and I’ve substituted a USB sound module from DealExtreme.com
that costs about $2.

“It works, but it can be hard to get a given distribution to
pipe the sound there rather than to the dead internal sound
system.

“I installed the OSS app in Tiny Core, ran osstest in a
terminal, and the app proceeded to send sound to both of my sound
modules. When it got around to the one that is working, I heard
some lovely piano music. So I have sound in Tiny Core.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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