I was wondering if anyone can recommend me a 5.1 soundcard that is relatively easy to get working on Ubuntu 10.10 The built in sound on the motherboard is giving feedback so I can hear the hard drives spinning and accessing data through the speakers, I assume this would be fixed with a dedicate...

Possible Duplicate: Will there be data loss for upgrade ? If I want to install 10.10 replacing 10.04 and I select overwrite existing linux distro, will it keep my /home folder and all my settings for programs and such? If not, what would be a good way to back up all my programs and the...

Possible Duplicate: How can I improve overall system performance? I'm looking for some tricks to improve the performance of my laptop. I'm using Compiz, which makes my Ubuntu really nice looking and got some awesome features … But … the startup of many programs is a little bit slow, ...

Possible Duplicate: How can I improve overall system performance? I'm looking for some tricks to improve the performance of my laptop. I'm using Compiz, which makes my Ubuntu really nice looking and got some awesome features … But … the startup of many programs is a little bit slow, ...

What are your tips for improving overall system performance on ubuntu? Inspired by this question I realized that some default settings may be rather conservative on Ubuntu and that it's possible to tweak it with little or no risk if you wish to make it faster. This is not meant to be application...

Possible Duplicate: Why are Flash applications so sluggish in Ubuntu? Lately ALL my videos are jerky (using 10.04)...I have a Nvidia 5200 card with driver 173...All videos are getting worse than when I first loaded 10.04 on my computer...I don't understand why...??? Robert

I've noticed that Flash applications tend to be more sluggish under Ubuntu than they do under Windows on the same machine. This is particularly noticeable when watching HD video or playing graphics/physics-heavy games. Are there any ways of improving the performance of Flash under Ubuntu, or is t...