Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Truer words were never spoken, but... > It is extremely difficult to get before the purchase answers of more > recent mobo's. E.g. try to get a Linux perspective from any of the > hundreds of boards available thru NewEgg. > > You end up in an unending search of mobo manufacturers forums to see if > anyone said anything about Linux. When you find an answer... the mobo is > no longer available. > > The Linux databases that *are* available are almost always for stuff > that is outdated.
There are manufacturers/computer sellers that sell hardware with linux preinstalled or that is claimed to work with linux. We are just about to buy two machines from two different companies that are supposed to work on some kind of suse. Comparing the respective kernel versions with the ones from sarge/etch, at least I am rather confident to get them working with debian, although I am not perfectly sure, that there won't be any problems. The particular manufacturer the OP talked about is famous for multimedia pcs targeted at people who buy such stuff at grocery stores in Germany. He claimed that he bought his at a grocery discounter. These type of computer manufacturers constantly change the hardware layout of their computers, because they either find a cheaper MB, dvd-drive etc., or because they want to outdo the competition by supporting 37 different memory cards (appropriatly advertised in big letters) at the cheapest price, etc., etc., etc. I would never expect that too much of the hardware of such a computer works for linux out of the box. It is simply not targeted at users who are interested in anything except the shiny box and a full list of features in bold letters. > I'd like to hear of just one example of a recent mobo that is discussed > anywhere from a Linux perspective. transtec is a company in germany that sell many of their pcs / notebooks with linux preinstalled. IBM also sells computers (now only servers) that are designed to work with linux. HTH, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
