<FONT face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size=2><div><font color="#990099">-----kwlug-disc-bounces@kwlug.org wrote: -----<br></font>>I'm planning on purchasing a VIA-based Mini-ITX system to use as my<br>>primary desktop.<br>><br>>Does anyone have any experience with mITX hardware? Research tells me<br>>that hardware should be well supported under Linux, especially with<br>>VIA's recent effors with the OSS community.<br><br>I've never found that it's mainstream hardware. The video and network card are odd chipsets and getting them to work has meant obtaining and compiling your own video driver.<br><br>The last disappointment was trying to use a Mini-ITX as a myth front-end. I ended up putting in a Hauppauge PVR350 to get TV-out.<br><br>I admit, to some degree it was laziness and, reinforcing your statement, users seem to have had better luck lately.<br><br>>I was going to buy from minipc.ca, but it seems like they're closed!<br>>NCIX.com doesn't seem to have any of the VIA EPIA boards, but lots of<br>>Jetway ones. Can anyone recommend other potential places to buy from?<br><br>We can get that stuff but it's special order. If you get stuck and have some trouble finding it elsewhere I'd be glad to help you out.<br></div></FONT>