[plug] Best motherboard / chip combo 4 linux?

[ryan at is.as.geeky.as]

My new laptop, which I'll post about later, is Intel throughout and i've
never had an easier time getting things to work.  APCI is completely
flawless *stops to stare at the battery applet*  I never used to like
Intel only motherboards until now.

It doesn't have an NVidia card, but my desktop does and the latest
binary driver offering (>= 1.0.3123) is superb from my dealings with it
(Geforce2 MX).   Mileage obviously varies here as I remember reading
something in some unrelated thread bagging their drivers not long ago
:)  It doesn't make anything barf, even ACPI.

My past dealings with SiS have been *VERY* tense.

Ryan

On Sat, 2002-11-30 at 10:31, Craig Ringer wrote:
> > Can you suggest where I can read some current reviews on motherboards
> > for Linux?
> 
> I don't really see them anymore. There's probably a good reason for 
> that: I've never run into an incompatable one, not even old P100 boards. 
> There's no linux support for AMR/ACRs but really who cares. All onboard 
> sound chips I've encountered are supported, as are chipsets, CPUs etc. 
> If you're getting onboard video, watch out for NVidia (good, but only if 
> you don't mind the occasionally annoying binary-only driver) and Trident 
> (CyberBlade XP support is only just getting into XFree86 and currently 
> requires you to replace the trident module with one built from XF86 CVS 
> to get it to work in anything but VESA mode).
> 
> Intel, VIA and AMD chipsets should all be fine.
> 
> I've never had to pay attention to "linux-specific issues" on my boards 
> when I upgrade, I just buy my pick of board.
> 
> Warning: if you want working, reliable APM/ACPI you may have to pay more 
> attention to which board you get. Sorry, can't help you there - NVidia 
> drivers kill the stability of the system if APM or ACPI is active, so I 
> don't get any PM features at all.