[Mageia-dev] USB speaker systems

[Anne Wilson]

On 22/11/2012 01:31, David W. Hodgins wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:39:15 -0500, Richard Couture <rrc at linuxcabal.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> I was looking at the Bose Companion 5 speaker system and noticed that it
>> intefaces with the computer via USB.
>>
>> Am I going to run into problems with Mageia if I buy it?
> 
> According to
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bose_computer_speakers#Companion_5
> it works with linux kernels that support USB audio including Pulse Audio,
> so it should be ok.  Haven't tried it myself though.
> 
Can't answer for the Bose set, but I run 5.1 sound through a Creative
usb setup and PA.  Mageia handles it fine.

Anne