"Linux" motherboard

[Lloyd D Budd]

On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 19:04:57 -0500, Anton Markov <anton-F0u+EriZ6ihBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> phil wrote:
> > On Nov 21, 2004, at 6:22 PM, Anton Markov wrote:
> >
> >> All the real features of my board work correctly [...]
> >
> >
> > That suggests going for plain K8V/K8N style boards rather than "deluxe"
> > and then adding 3rd party stuff if you happen to need some feature (e.g.
> > raid).  Is that the idea?
> 
> Figure out what you want first. The best way to get ripped off is to not
> know what you want, what you can efford, and which features are you
> willing to compromise. If you can't figure out what you want, what you
> want specifically, maybe you don't need to buy anything at all. :)
> 
> Once you know that, look for boards that support your features, then do
> a <http://www.google.com/linux> search for the specific chipsets the
> board uses, and see if people report any problems. Try
> <http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/>. Also look at a distro's
> compatability list (a commercial distro like SuSE has a good
> compatability list). Since it's the kernel that supports devices,
> usually if it works on one distro, it can be made to work on all (watch
> for Winmodems and other weird "hardware").

Here are my notes , too lazy to un-pmwiki them :

: lspci : lists devices chipset information which is essential
information for determining if it is supported under Linux.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/index.php

Start @ http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/
I appreciate the link to <http://www.pricewatch.com/>

<http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Unix-Hardware-Buyer-HOWTO/>
particularly enjoying the section on "What To Optimize" 

I also see some possibly interesting information @
http://www.linuxhardware.net/
http://linuxresource.com/Hardware/index.php
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Main_Page

!!! by distro

http://hardwaredb.suse.de/?LANG=en_UK
http://hardware.redhat.com/hcl/
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/hardware.php3
http://www.linspire.com/linspire_hardware_compatibility.php
http://www.lycoris.org/links.php
http://support.xandros.com/hcl-search.php



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Lloyd D Budd
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