[plug] choosing a motherboard for Linux - does it matter?

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On 11/28/05, Mike Holland <myk.list at westnet.com.au> wrote:
>    This should be a FAQ, but given how little recent info I found on the
> web, should I assume it doesn't matter much?   Are there any special
> considerations for Linux?
>    Does the motherboard brand matter (for Linux), or is it just the
> chipset that counts?
>    Are some chipsets better for suspend-to-RAM, or -to-disk ?
>
> Nvidia seem to provide good Linux support. Is nForce-4 a reasonable
> choice?  e.g. Abit NV8 (PCI-E, Gb-ether )
> Any reason to choose nForce-3 instead?   (AGP)
watch out for onboard SATA RAID, some of them are really poorly
supported under linux.
do a few searches in the gentoo or ubuntu forums..


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