On Thu 29 Sep 2011 06:42:42 AM IST, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: > On 09/29/2011 04:46 AM, Dale wrote: >> Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: >>> I'll be soon getting a new desktop. >>> I've fixed the CPU as AMD Phenom II 1075T >>> >>> These two motherboards came to my notice which support the above >>> processor: Gigabyte 880GM - GA 880GM-USB3L& 880GM-USB3 >>> >>> How good is Linux support with those? If bad, what other mobos support >>> 1075T and Linux support is awesome? >>> >> >> I used this site to get this: >> >> http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/Giga-byte/GA-880GM-USB3 >> >> That's one of them and I think I saw another one from your list. May I >> make a suggestion tho. It looks like those have a built in video >> system, get a separate video card. Of all the video issues I have ever >> had on Linux, it has been built in video cards. There are other good >> reasons for this too, heat being one of them. >> >> As to Gigabyte as a brand, I have a 770 based mobo and it works great. >> It's worth every penny and then some. I have also had good luck with >> Abit several years ago. I have installed on a MSI before too and it was >> stable. >> >> If you want to research other mobos, start here: >> >> http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ >> >> There are two ways to do this. If you have the mobo and can, paste the >> output of lspci -n in the box. If you are researching and don't have >> the mobo yet, click on the links on the left to see if the one you are >> looking for is in the list. When researching a mobo, I find that site >> invaluable to say the least. >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) >> > > That's debian HCL, what about Gentoo? We compile the kernel ourselves man. > It would be better if we don't use debian/Ubuntu HCL to decide HW for > other distros, they're most popular ones and have lot of support from > hardware manufacturers, hence good support for hardware using > propreitary drivers which is seldom present in other distros. >
I just checked that HCL: http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/Giga-byte/GA-880GM-USB3 It seems things are supported since linux-2.6.25, we're now using 3.0.4 and above. Should be OK right? -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com
