Ioannis Vranos wrote: > fredex wrote: >> >> I'm wondering if I should change my desktop to KDE and try with its sound >> tools. I suppose it couldn't harm anything to try. > > > You can use KDE if you want, of course system-wide settings and > user-wide settings apply in both. You can also run under GNOME, or even > add to the GNOME menus the KDE applications that you like. Also CentOS 5 > is far superior to CentOS 4, regarding user apps and tools, so perhaps > you may want to give CentOS 5.0 a try, it is very good and *faster*! > > > What's your sound card BTW? Perhaps you may have some driver problem? Just saw that you mentioned "am using the built-in (AC-97) audio hardware". In any case, perhaps you want to try CentOS 5.0, it is far superior in everything!