USB based earphones w/microphone

[Susan Cragin]

>I am considering buying a USB-based headphone/microphone. Apparently my
>microphone stopped working last night (tested on 3 other machines). My
>desktop system does not have an earphone jack in the front. My sound
>card is nVidia and I'm running Fedora 12. I've seen some mixed reviews.
>-- 
>Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
>Boston Linux and Unix
>PGP key id: 537C5846
>PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB  CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846

Here's what I did. I just use a pod. 
The USB pod iMic for the mac is the best, whether you use a mac or linux.