Need some help. I'm Looking for........

[Marinski]

A cheap AM2 micro ATX board that works well with Ubuntu. I was thinking maybe an ASUS, but they're not exactly cheap. Can anybody running Ubuntu give me some suggestions. Thanks.

 

[Marinski]

what about for Intel boards?

 

[NXIL]

Some Newegg customers mention Ubuntu in their reviews:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16856167010

I am not a big fan of Via chipsets, but:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...p?Item=N82E16813131024

http://interstice.com/drewes/20060528-newsystem.html

http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=175533

Reviewers all mention these motherboards working fine with Ubuntu:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...ue=709%3a21489&bop=And

HTH

NXIL

 

[NXIL]

THis one looks good:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128042

These are all said to work with Ubuntu:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...lue=705%3a9908&bop=And

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.p...article&item=727&num=1

Performance:

The ASUS P5N-E SLI is our first complete motherboard review under our new motherboard testing approach with both Linux and Solaris. For testing the motherboard's alternative OS compatibility we had used Fedora 7 Test 4, Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn, KateOS 3.6 Beta, Solaris Express Build 63 "Nevada", and BeleniX 0.5.1. With all of these operating systems, the ASUS P5N-E SLI had functioned as expected without any show-stopping issues like we had seen with the disk controller on the Intel 965-powered Abit AB9 and other motherboards. The only slight issue we had run into was with LM_Sensors 2.10.3, which had properly reported the CPU core voltage, +3.3V, and other motherboard voltages but had not properly shown the sensors for the +5.00 or +12.00 voltage rails. The fan speeds and temperature probes were also reported properly. For Intel Linux users, the NVIDIA nForce 650i and the ASUS P5N-E SLI worked well under Linux during our compatibility tests.

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http://www.linuxquestions.org/...howthread.php?t=488599

If they both have the intel chipset, either one should work fine. Honestly, the majority of motherboards will work without trouble, and only a few will give you small problems with specific components. The good news is that the more time passes, the less likely those problems are to show up. If you want to make sure, however, search for "(motherboard name) linux trouble" and see if that brings up anything.
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http://www.phoronix.net/forums/showthread.php?t=739

As long as you get a motherboard/CPU that has been out a while (not a P35 chipset, out only a few days) you should be fine.

Would recommend Intel or nVidia chipset, just based on experience....

HTH,

NXIL

 

[Marinski]

You da man. Thanks for all the great info. The barebones systems don't look to bad. I wonder if the PSU's in them are good enough. They look like the crap that is in HP's/Compaqs. This one doesn't look to bad. MSI geforce 6100/nforce 405 w/400 watt PSU and case and the first reviewer says it works with Ubuntu. I'm not wild about the VIA chipsets. I have used them before but they offer poor performance. But, if they setup easier in Ubuntu or Fedora then thats what i may go with. I know Wolfland computers, who sells Linux based systems, uses only Intel motherboards. I'd like to pair one of those MSI's w/ a Sempron 3400+. That would probably be a nice little system and at a low price.