From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Je5IY-0006Ce-SO for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:18:27 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1169EE08C9; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:18:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com (fk-out-0910.google.com [209.85.128.191]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA8F3E08C9 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:18:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id 18so4718219fkq.2 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:18:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; bh=m+k4Sl9Gej4NmVSLacigJy4evp54+aMZWajIWwJRvUE=; b=LIN5qpFgycUno1+UmGG3vNBiH4xnqqnvijnnxOdCbKIXigF2Q39C6Bm261E/ooag+ppRnQsxo6uOml0EUFayOfSdVM8eagwcSYEM4G48v0vF7sz+tg2DhOzKDCrQwLSMCRDcNQ2U80Ks0avkkgASWc18swP2YRiX9oHJ+iKuu0A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; b=fSlm7GUhsKR8IDP1i8FW63C1cobcOt7teXKIBWIWrI4UlLTORTFfMClUpEPA8EN8/Rkml47fdcicY5vCYTnDcZfzy6HeYuIWBhkWPbXRO4sEDKDZr6UzFWE9Vjkjek9nlawaC+5ZeSN9E9qCEFzfBcl7aQaZJZHVkZRgbkMtEPE= Received: by 10.78.14.13 with SMTP id 13mr17290742hun.79.1206436701230; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:18:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?10.0.0.3? ( [41.243.230.74]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id z28sm4735395hub.37.2008.03.25.02.18.18 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:18:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Linux & Motherboard Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:17:17 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 References: <200803242343.33944.neodarklight@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200803242343.33944.neodarklight@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200803251117.17345.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 2aacbe0d-af47-4ed2-95f7-078fe57b8158 X-Archives-Hash: b1f02aac657f8e1057b5993ecfa1e216 On Tuesday 25 March 2008, Nicola Degl'Innocenti wrote: > Hi! > I would like to buy a new pc, but since I use linux more than windows > (that i use only for gaming), I am interested in hardware > compatibility with linux. > > I'm planing to buy a core 2 Duo platform with a nvidia 8800 GT, Stay away from NVidia. Good performing cards, but their Linux support is=20 atrocious (and that's being kind to them) ATI are not much better but at least they make something of an effort to=20 publish some specs. Intell cards are the best supported and the worst performing I'm afraid > but i=20 > am very confused about the motherboard. The cheapest shop vendor only > have asus motherboard so i don't have much choice. > - Asus P5E X38 DDR2 for 189 =E2=82=AC > - Asus P5K/pro iP35 for 114 =E2=82=AC > - Asus P5N32-E/SLI 680i for 199=E2=82=AC > - Asus P5N-T dlx 780i 232=E2=82=AC Look further afield. Don't limit yourself to just one shop based on=20 price. The price difference between motherboards isn't that great when=20 compared to the cost of an entire box, and the wrong decision can be=20 very painful in the future > Someone have one of those cards or know a good site with information > about linux compatibility for those cards? > > The SLI capability is not important as having ethernet or sound > supported on linux. Ethernet is not a problem now and has not been for a very long time.=20 Sound is mostly similar. Video cards is the big sticking point =2D-=20 Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list