On Tuesday 24 October 2006 18:00, Thomas Hertweck wrote: > BandiPat wrote: > > On Tuesday 24 October 2006 09:36, Marcel de Reuver wrote: > >> Is it correct that Opensuse does not install on an ASUS A8V-MX > >> with VIA VT8251 South Bridge chipset. [...] > > > > Probably one of the best things you could do is stop using ASUS > > products. They are very anti-Linux and from your problem, appears > > to still be that way. I've noticed several Asus mobo problems of > > late with users just on these mailing lists. > > SUSE, or more precisely the Linux kernel used in openSUSE, does not > yet fully support a certain VIA Southbridge. Therefore, you recommend > to stop using ASUS hardware. How silly is that conclusion? You must > admit that drawing this conclusion from the given facts is really > farfetched. If you really want to blame somebody, you might have to > blame VIA. All of the ASUS hardware we use here in the office works > fine. > > Cheers, T. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas, I know a gentleman locally that said the same thing as he recommended and built most of his systems with Asus stuff. He became somewhat agitated also when I posted some articles about the problems with that hardware, but he soon realized many of the problems he was having with his customers equipment was due to the Asus brand. He hasn't purchased another Asus board since and will quickly join into the "don't buy Asus" cry when the subject comes up now.
If you use them and they work pretty much for you, I'm happy you're not having problems. There's no reason to court disaster when you find there are potential problems though. Especially with so many better brands available today. bye, Lee --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
