Which Gigabyte Board for Linux?

External Since: Nov 05, 2003 Posts: 3

Which AMD based board should I go with for an installation of one of
the million distros of Linux? I'll probably go with Redhat or
Mandrake. Either way, should I go with VIA's chipset or nVidia's?
Since most boards have built in ethernet and sound, which ones do we
know have Linux drivers?

External Since: Jan 24, 2004 Posts: 32

Harry Edwards wrote:
> Which AMD based board should I go with for an installation of one of
> the million distros of Linux? I'll probably go with Redhat or
> Mandrake. Either way, should I go with VIA's chipset or nVidia's?
> Since most boards have built in ethernet and sound, which ones do we
> know have Linux drivers?

I'd go with the Via chipset mobo. The Linux distros should have built
in driver support for most parts of those mobos. I have an nforc2 board
and it's a hassle recompiling the nvidia drivers each time I want to
upgrade the kernel.

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