Creative heeft voor een aantal geluidskaarten uit de X-Fi-serie nieuwe Linux-drivers uitgebracht. De stuurprogramma's zijn ondertussen bij versienummer 1.18 aangekomen en verkeren nog in bètastadium. De belangrijkste vernieuwing in de Linux-drivers van de X-Fi-geluidskaarten is de ondersteuning van 32bit-distributies van Linux. Daarnaast wordt ook GCC 4 ondersteund. De nieuwe drivers zijn vanaf deze server te downloaden. De volledige release notes zien er als volgt uit:
Take note of the following:This download is intended for the following audio devices only:
- THIS IS AN UNSUPPORTED BETA DRIVER. There is no technical support for this driver.
- This beta driver has only been tested on the following 32-bit / 64-bit Linux distributions: Ubuntu® 7.10, openSUSE® 10.3 and Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 5.1 (64-bit only).
- We recommend that only experienced users install this driver. Do not install this driver on a system used to perform critical tasks.
- Your feedback is a valuable part of our development process. To submit feedback on this driver, visit the Sound Blaster X-Fi Linux Beta Driver Feedback Program.
Current release features:
- Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro
- Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum
- Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty®
- Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer
- Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic
Added Features or Enhancements:
- ALSA PCM Playback
- ALSA Record
- ALSA Mixer
Known issues:
- Supports GCC version 4
- Supports Linux 64-bit and 32-bit OS
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- S/PDIF passthrough is not supported in this driver release.
- External I/O modules are not supported in this driver release.
- Applications from the original Sound Blaster X-Fi Installation CD will not work with this driver.
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