[PLUG] Supported Hardware

[Derek Loree]

On Wed, 2003-03-26 at 08:39, Chaz wrote:
> Thanks Derek.
> I decided to get an Intel D845PESV because it has very little onboard
> (KVM & Sound) and under the theory that Intels boards are probabply a
> good bet to run Linux.
> -chaz
> 
I had linux running on that chipset, it was very stable.  The sound has
a good chance of being supported too.

Derek Loree
> 
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: drl at drloree.com
> To: plug at lists.pdxlinux.org
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Supported Hardware
> Date: 25 Mar 2003 12:19:57 -0800
> 
> >On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 11:41, Chaz wrote:
> >> looked at the motherboard section.
> >> very small. wasn't impressed.
> >> I'll keep looking.
> >
> >I've never had a working motherboard fail to boot linux.  In fact,
> >linux
> >has better out of the box support for some chipsets (VIA and AMD come
> >to
> >mind) than the dark OS.  Some of the on-board extras may not be
> >supported, but that is becoming less and less of a problem.  In
> >short,
> >find the motherboard you want, then see if any of the on-board
> >devices
> >are a problem under linux, instead of trying to find a list of all
> >compatible motherboards.
> >
> >Good Luck
> >
> >Derek Loree
> >
> >
> >
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