Linux supports most NICs out of the box. However, I've heard that some drivers are better than others. In particular, I believe that 3Com, Intel, DEC, Realtek, etc. are really well supported and have good drivers. For up to 100 MBPS, I personally prefer the Linksys LNE 100TX, which is an inexpensive 10/100 card based on the DEC Tulip chip, and with which I have had very good results over the last couple of years (I've bought over a dozen of them in that time, many of which have gone into public web and FTP servers and heavily used file servers, with no complaints to date). If you're doing gigabyte speed Ethernet, stick to Intel - you can't go wrong.
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