In my last installment of this series I introduced a variety of GUI-based tools that can help you discover more about your system to help identify potentially troublesome components. This week we'll ...

Is it normal for linux to have horrible sync issues with sound? Generally what I see is sound laging behind motion, and fairly badly. Tuxracer, for instance, is completely borked this way on every box ...

Getting sound configured in Linux can be a nightmare. Rescue is on the way in the form of Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA). Jim McIntyre is here to walk you through installing and configuring ...

Raise your hand if you remember when PulseAudio was famous for breaking audio on Linux for everyone. For quite a few years, the standard answer for any audio problem on Linux was to uninstall ...

Editor's note: This article present one view of the pitfalls that may be experienced when configuring audio codecs under Linux. Results will vary based on systems configuration, library versions, and ...

I have a friend who has had nothing but nightmares result from his attempts at setting up the fabled low-latency high-performance Linux audio system. In sympathy with his plight I present here a ...