[olug] Mobo without the network pain

T. J. Brumfield enderandrew at gmail.com
Thu Jul 19 14:38:39 UTC 2012


I'm an AMD fan for a number of reasons (they're very supportive of Linux
graphic drivers for one), but Intel also directly contributes drives for
their chipsets and such to the kernel.

Generally, any Intel chipset motherboard should work great in Linux.

On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Matthew Platte <51 at triopticon.com> wrote:

> On 07/19/2012 04:51 AM, Dave Thacker wrote:
>
>> It's time to upgrade again.   I'm looking for a motherboard that works
>> well
>> with the latest linux versions.   Reading the Newegg reviews, I've seen a
>> lot
>> of complaints about the latest onboard NIC's not playing well with linux.
>> I
>> would like to avoid those problems.   Price range is sub $200, AMD or
>> Intel
>> are both options.   If you've put together something that worked well for
>> you,
>>
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/**Product.aspx?Item=**N82E16813121527<http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121527>
>
> Intel BOXDZ68DB LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel
> Motherboard
>
> I put Linux Mint on this, no problems at all during its first three months
> in operation.
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