Motherboards that play nicely with Linux

2009-06-24 Thread Aidan Gauland
Hello, Are there any motherboard manufacturers who usually make motherboards that work well with Linux, or any that Linux users should avoid? Also, should I just disregard notices like this one? Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux

Re: Motherboards that play nicely with Linux

2009-06-24 Thread Ryan McCoskrie
On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:38:20 Aidan Gauland wrote: Hello, Are there any motherboard manufacturers who usually make motherboards that work well with Linux, or any that Linux users should avoid? Also, should I just disregard notices like this one? Due to different Linux support condition

Re: Motherboards that play nicely with Linux

2009-06-24 Thread Kent Fredric
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Aidan Gauland wgsil...@no8wireless.co.nzwrote: Hello, Are there any motherboard manufacturers who usually make motherboards that work well with Linux, or any that Linux users should avoid? Also, should I just disregard notices like this one? Due to

Re: Motherboards that play nicely with Linux

2009-06-24 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 6:49 PM, Kent Fredrickentfred...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Aidan Gauland wgsil...@no8wireless.co.nz wrote: Hello, Are there any motherboard manufacturers who usually make motherboards that work well with Linux, or any that Linux users should

Re: Motherboards that play nicely with Linux

2009-06-24 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
On Wed 24 Jun 2009 18:46:14 NZST +1200, Ryan McCoskrie wrote: Embedded Intel video cards have open source drivers but I haven't the first hand experience to talk about them because they cost a packet. Remember one thing: The existance of an open source driver says nothing about that driver's

Re: Motherboards that play nicely with Linux

2009-06-24 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
On Wed 24 Jun 2009 18:38:20 NZST +1200, Aidan Gauland wrote: Are there any motherboard manufacturers who usually make motherboards that work well with Linux, or any that Linux users should avoid? No there are not. All manufacturers make stuff which works, and all make stuff you don't want.

Re: Motherboards that play nicely with Linux

2009-06-24 Thread Kent Fredric
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Volker Kuhlmann list0...@paradise.net.nzwrote: And drop your notion that all this (mobo, chips, ...) is vendor dependent. Every vendor makes paperweights as well as useful stuff. They also make great doorstops. -- Kent

Re: Motherboards that play nicely with Linux

2009-06-24 Thread Robert Macdonald
how do i put on abod e flash player on my computer -- Sent from my T-Mobile Sidekick®

Re: Motherboards that play nicely with Linux

2009-06-24 Thread Jim Cheetham
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Robert Macdonaldrob...@tmail.com wrote: how do i put on abod e flash player on my computer Generally, just balancing it on top of the case works well, but be careful not to bump into it or it may fall off. -jim

Re: Motherboards that play nicely with Linux

2009-06-24 Thread Craig Falconer
Jim Cheetham wrote, On 25/06/09 11:41: On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Robert Macdonaldrob...@tmail.com wrote: how do i put on abod e flash player on my computer Generally, just balancing it on top of the case works well, but be careful not to bump into it or it may fall off. Use duct

Re: Motherboards that play nicely with Linux

2009-06-24 Thread Roger Searle
start a new message, not hijack one on a totally different subject, and provide a little more info, for example what distro are you using, what issue you are experiencing and what have you tried to resolve it? and before you send it, check your reply-to address, it is currently set to go to

Re: Motherboards that play nicely with Linux

2009-06-24 Thread Nick Rout
I assume Robert meant this for the list. If anyone can fathom what it menas, speak up! -- Forwarded message -- From: Robert Macdonald rob...@tmail.com Date: Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 11:42 AM Subject: Re: Motherboards that play nicely with Linux To: Nick Rout nick.r...@gmail.com

Re: Motherboards that play nicely with Linux

2009-06-24 Thread Craig Falconer
! -- Forwarded message -- From: Robert Macdonald rob...@tmail.com Date: Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 11:42 AM Subject: Re: Motherboards that play nicely with Linux To: Nick Rout nick.r...@gmail.com dell moro soft dell -- Sent from my T-Mobile Sidekick® -- Craig Falconer

Re: Motherboards that play nicely with Linux

2009-06-24 Thread Jim Cheetham
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Craig Falconercfalco...@totalteam.co.nz wrote: X-Mailer: Danger Service Looks like there's a ColdFusion application doing some sort of email to blog conversion for the T-Mobile sidekick phone, judging by conversation on

Re: Motherboards that play nicely with Linux

2009-06-24 Thread Roy Britten
2009/6/25 Craig Falconer cfalco...@totalteam.co.nz Headers in his original mail say X-Mailer: Danger Service Which doesn't mean much to me... I was expecting it to say Outlook Express or similar. Heh. Danger Service. Microsoft Outlook. Sounds about right...