Help me put together a linux box!

[amnesiac]

My friend wants to set up a linux based server for sh1ts and giggles, and wants to do it on a budget.

I'd recommend an Nforce chipset board but I don't know about any compatibility issues.

Is there a site where I can look it up or does anyone know offhand if those board work well?

 

[notfred]

I set up linux on a dell poweredge server about an hour ago. Tell him to get one of those.

 

[ElFenix]

try here

 

[UNCjigga]

Try looking at the HCLs (hardware compatibility lists) at Red Hat, SuSE, Mandrake etc. Just Google search 'Linux HCL XXXX' where XXXX is the name of the distro you want.

 

[Garet Jax]

I am by no means the Linux guru, but through my travels I have seen some Hardware Compatibility Lists for certain distros.

Here is Red Hat's, but I don't know if they do Motherboards. Good luck.