[kwlug-disc] How to choose a new motherboard

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 5:45 PM, William Park <opengeometry at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 04:25:44PM -0400, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
> > When a desktop (server) started acting up inconsistently, and it was
> > time to replace it, I just checked what is in the flyers and picked
> > one out from BestBuy for a reasonable price. I think it is an ASUS. It
> > replaced an Acer.  Both worked fine with Linux.
>
> You're buying pre-packaged brand-name tower.  OP is talking about buying
> components and assembling.
>

Yes, I realize that. But, I can only quote my own experience.


> Side question:
>     Did you have any problem installing Linux when the machine came with
> Windows 8/8.1?
>

I posted a while ago on how this new PC had UEFI boot, and how Linux
(Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) handled that seamlessly.

Here are the relevant messages:

http://kwlug.org/pipermail/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org/2014-April/011951.html

http://kwlug.org/pipermail/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org/2014-April/011958.html
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