On Sunday 24 September 2006 15:49, Rony wrote: > Whenever there have been arguments on this list about linux > compatible hardware, the experts are of the opinion that they select > their hardware in such a way that its compatible to linux without any > extra effort. So here is a request to all the experts to provide some > information on the motherboards and processors they use, that are > directly compatible to linux . Could you provide a small list of > motherboard models that you have been using on desktop/workstation > systems running linux, for the last 6 months?
I've always been an Intel user and its going to stay that way :P. Anyway, I have been using the Intel D865GBF motherboard. When buying hardware _for_ Linux remember the following: 1. Should be standard stuff ( No fancy stuff with too many onboard thingies ). 2. Should be from a very well known brand. I usually buy boards made by intel itself. 3. If you are planning to buy add on cards ( that cool new gfx card ) or the likes, ensure that there are mature _open source drivers_. 4. Always ask around for compatibility issues. I only had problems once with my new intel board and RH9. But it was because the board was manufactured around 2-3 months after RH9 was released. Everything now works like a charm on FC2 :) -- Dinesh A. Joshi -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
