Linux reference in the wild

This might be a dumb question, but why are so many people saying they have sound issues? Did I just get lucky with the pc’s I have run Linux on and never have sound problems?

my front audio ports don’t work and i have no idea if it’s a hardware or software issue so i just don’t bother with them

edit: fixed it by changing front port audio mode from HD audio to ac97 in bios settings

I had that exact problem and fixed it by changing the audio mode from hd audio to ac97 in the bios settings. Apparently linux doesnt like realteks hd audio

i’ll try that, although im not sure what options my uefi (asrock) has so i should probably search it up.

edit: thanks! it works, the option was under Advanced -> Onboard Devices or Onboard Configuration, something like that (though pavu control crashed a bit but maybe im just not familiar with having multiple audio devices)