That should work with newer distros. I personally stay away from VIA, but thats a personal experience thing. For any integrated hardware, redhat has a nice list of hardware that is compatible and some that are certified. Its not complete by any means, but its a start. Also check out this little search engine, you may have heard about it from a geek friend or two, called google.com. groups.google.com has an archive of many usenet groups. Good luck.