Hi all, It's time for me to do my pc upgrade that I do once or twice a decade. I primarily use my pc for video editing (along with basic uses (browsing, word processing, etc. but no gaming)). I want to use either Fedora 8 or Ubuntu as my main OS. My concern is that some linux distributions do not like some motherboards or hardware configurations. I do not want to purchase something and find out that Fedora 8 or Ubuntu doesn't like my motherboard, etc.. Anyway, I'm thinking of getting a very decent motherboard. I'm looking at Fry's online, tiger direct, new egg and I see many types. I'm leaning towards a two- duo-core server motherboard. That is, two CPU sockets supporting duo core CPUs. My budget is about $1000 for the motherboard and CPUs, but I'm willing to stretch that if the performance difference is big. My questions are:
1. Are there some manufacturers of motherboards and CPUs I should avoid, or some that seem to work well with Fedora 8 or Ubuntu that I should look into? 2. Is a system with one quad core have better throughput than a system with two duo-cores? Thanks, Will -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
