Hello, I'm going to be building a computer to run Fedora linux. I understand that this is such an open-ended question as many people have had different experiences with motherboards and some may have their own personal favs...However, I'm hoping that If I can supply a good deal of information about what I want to build someone can point me in the right direction.
These are the bare minimum needs..
1. Needs to be compatible with Linux.
2. Needs to have a fast enough bus to be able to be able to fully take advantage of current CPU Speeds.
3. I'm indifferent to on board video...As long as it works...This won't be a gaming computer. I just need to be able to see what I'm doing. I'd love to hear suggestions about video cards though.
4. ps2,usb,sata,pci support of course
5. Intel or AMD.......not sure..Would like some guidance here..
6. Support a minimum of 6GB of memory.
Linux is generally pretty awesome with any of the common boards out there. My GA-EP35-DS3L works fine with Ubuntu 7.10-8.10, as did my old(er) AM2 Gigabyte board.
As for video, I do not recommend ATi, as ATi just seems to hate Linux. This is the one time I'm saying stick with NVIDIA. The NVIDIA (non-free) drivers are generally pretty good for Linux, and the ATi ones have various problems (last time I checked.).
------------------------------E8400 3.6Ghz | 4GB DDR2-800 | HD4870 | 780GB HDD Space | VX550W | WinXP | Win7-64 | Ubuntu Studio 8.10
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