Aidan Gauland wrote: > Hello happy Linux users, > > I am (still) trying to choose a motherboard for a new machine. > Instead of asking for general advice, this time I ask if anyone has > had any experience, good or bad, with any of these motherboards (or > something similar) which I am considering. > > * Asus P5QL Pro (found it here <http://www.dragonpc.co.nz/p.aspx?119710>) > * Gigabyte GA-EP31-DS3L (fount it here > <http://www.dragonpc.co.nz/p.aspx?120742>) > > I can't find much information on the web about either of these with > regard to Linux compatibility. > > Should this notice raise red flags? > "Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, > please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd > party website." > > Are "chipset vendor" Linux drivers for motherboards just rubbish? > > Slowly being driven mad, > Aidan Gauland > > P.S. I wasn't kidding about being driven mad. This is making me > crazy. I think I'm going to snap and start a driver hate-website. > Maybe it should be a wiki... from what I understand "ExpressGate" is a linux install on some flash that's planted on the motherboard some where, I'm not exactly sure but that's pretty good reason to say it's linux compatible
also Linux drivers should always come included with a kernel, so getting the lastest kernel is probably your best bet also Chipsets have to be x86 compatible meaning they are pretty much standardised and only some things like chipset specific features will have problems like power management, and maybe ethernet drivers My friend has a Asus P5Q which has the same chipset as both motherboards and he's said it's running fine thing about linux compatibility and chipset drivers is I think everyone has taken for granted that it just works, that is why there isn't much on the subject
