Soundblaster X-Fi Drivers on Ubuntu

I covered the NVIDIA drivers previously so now it is the audio's turn (both are quite essential in everyday usage :p ).

First of all, I downloaded the driver source and extracted it to my home folder.

After that, we need to install dependencies:
sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`

I then fire up the command line and type in the below to change directory:
cd ~/XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00
make
sudo make install

After that go to System --> Preferences --> Sound and make sure that the sound card appears.

Done! :)

Damn Creative... They are well known for having the most atrocious half assed drivers in the industry. But this really dips to new lows. I have just found out that the current 'drivers' only support 2.0 Stereo. WTF?! That is a major deal breaker for me. I can't really use Ubuntu if I can't at least get 2.1 if not surround through my optical out. GG Creative.