[kwlug-disc] How to choose a new motherboard

[Paul Nijjar]

Here's your answer: http://h-node.org

Oh wait that's not an answer at all. They don't list motherboards, and
the places that do (eg
http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Hardware/Freest#Mainboards) obsess over
Coreboot support instead of what I actually care about. 

Mostly my strategy has been to go on NewEgg and Amazon, look for
particular components, and search the reviews for the keyword "linux"
or "ubuntu" (or just read all the reviews with fewer than 5 stars). I
wish I had a better strategy.

- Paul


On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 11:19:27PM -0400, Darcy Casselman wrote:
> I'm getting random drive errors on multiple drives on my old desktop
> machine (SMART tests say OK).  So I'm guessing the drive controller's
> failing on the motherboard.  So it's time to get a new one.
> 
> It's been a while since I last bought a motherboard/CPU.  I was wondering
> if anyone knew of any decent resources to figure out (a) how well various
> motherboards/chipsets respect my freedom (or even, say, can I run Ubuntu on
> them without too much hassle), (b) whether they're any good or not or even
> (c) what the various socket/chipset/CPU names represent these days.  I have
> no idea.
> 
> I'm googling, but if you've got any favourite sites, I'm happy to hear
> about them.
> 
> Darcy.

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