Comment 61 for bug 63352

Actually, there is ongoing work to support the X-Fi [1]. I think it's unfair to complain on Creative here for the lack of Linux drivers, when they have actually been available for a year or so [2] (64bit only, in beta). And this spring they released 32bit drivers as well [3].
Last time I used Creative drivers in Windows they were bloated and crippled, and the Linux ones appears to have their issues on their own. I for one will not buy Creative hardware again because of their terrible drivers.
I also think it's unfair of you to complain on Canonical for the lack of packed drivers, because the drivers Creative released is still in beta and doesn't always work properly.
And for the love of everything that's holy and some things that are not, don't come dragging with the "OMG i will reinstall windows this suxx0rs" argument. Many people are working hard to support your free operating system choice, and most is not even getting paid for it. Personally I don't care much of what OS you use, as long as you let me keep my preferences and work in a OSS environment.

1: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Njc3NQ
2: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=4823915&postcount=675
3: http://connect.creativelabs.com/opensource/Wiki/SoundCard%20Support.aspx