OK, I haven't used anything like Mageia since Mandrake 9. I haven't found any distro yet that works better than Puppy, and that does not install well (runs off disk nicely though). So I'm still trying to find that Magic Distro In the Sky and still haven't stuck with one long enough to know what I'm doing.
Computer: Dell Inspiron 518 00
2.40 GHz Intel Core2 Quad Q6600
4 Gb RAM 266MHz bus speed
Hitachi 500 Gb HD
Optiarc DVD+-RW AD-72008
ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO
SB Audigy
The sound works fine at bootup (Mageia sounds). I cannot get my computer to play my music, and Skype has no sound (is that a separate issue?).