• JustJosh

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  Sure took them long enough to create and release a GPL driver.

  Posted 11/8/2008 respond (flag)

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Creative releases Linux GPL X-Fi drivers
Fudzilla — Image Hell freezes over, pigs fly In a very unexpected announcement, Creative has released GNU GPL v2 Linux drivers with source code for its X-Fi and X-Fi Titanium series of sound cards for both 32 and 64-bit operating systems. There are some limitations, but this is something the community has been waiting for, for a very long time. The current driver versions supports ALSA PCM playback, record and mixer functions. This might be the most basic of features, but it's vastly better than nothing at all. Currently there's no support for the external I/O modules some of the more high-end models come with, but we'd expect someone to work this out in due time. We'd expect a wide range of ...

Creative Releases Official 32-bit Linux X-Fi Driver
techPowerUp! — Creative staff has announced that it is ready with its first release of drivers for Sound Blaster X-Fi sound cards, that supports 32-bit Linux. The driver comes in the form of a source tar-ball. The drivers allow seemless operation over ALSA. Updates to the x86_64 drivers are provided as well. This driver applies to all X-Fi series sound cards based on the CA-20K series audio processor. Its known issues include lack of functionality for external I/O modules, and that there are no Linux versions of the applications Creative bundles in its Driver CDs, which work under Windows, as of now. ...

Sunday Shortbread
The Tech Report: News — ... with Windows 7 Feedback for newly released Creative SB X-Fi and X-Fi Platinum Linux 32-bit & 64-bit driver source MacNN reports Shockware ...