i can't believe this - that my speakers sound so good with Xubuntu. i
had these speakers with a woofer that originally came with my dell
dimension XPS R450 (original OS was Win98). after several
format/reformats and installs, i couldn't make by woofer work even
with the Win2K. tried a couple of tricks to get the drivers but same
result hence, i was just contented with the 2 side speakers.

imagine my surprise when i played a greeting card sound and i can't
believe what i heard. the side speakers were so clear and my woofer
worked!!!!

also tried skype - the sound are excellent. the voice quality for an
overseas call to a mobile phone was just like calling local landline.

thanks Ubuntu/Xubuntu..... now i am a believer....

and oh BTW, i didn't know that the OpenOffice2.2 is included in the
install package. just have to install these and run.