I can state it simply. My laptop dual-boots into Linux Mint 14 and Windows 8. Both systems recognized the soundcard without any hassle. If I pick a random YouTu

I can state it simply. My laptop dual-boots into Linux Mint 14 and Windows 8. Both systems recognized the soundcard without any hassle. If I pick a random YouTube video (so not anything ultra fancy), the Windows 8 sound is phenomenal and Linux Mint sound is passable. And I'm not talking sound on the level of "The Great MP3 Bitrate Experiment"[1], I'm talking the quality of a Bose against airline freebie headsets. [1] http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/06/the-great-mp3-bitrate-experiment.html http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/06/the-great-mp3-bitra...