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On 10/20/2008 08:47 AM, Tim Callaghan wrote: > I'm looking to build a new system with 8GB RAM and a Q9550 CPU (quad > core). I'm going to use a swappable SATA hard drive so I can have the > machine running 1 or more linux distrubutions plus various microsoft > OSs, one at a time. I do not want to be using virtualization as I/O > is very important for testing in this lab environment. > > My main question/concern is selecting a motherboard that will be fully > compatible with the distributions I need to run. I'm certainly going > to be running Fedora Core 9, Oracle Unbreakable Linux, Red Hat and > others. How do I choose the motherboard so that I don't have issues > getting the onboard USB2.0, audio, video & ethernet working? > > I don't need high end graphics, I was planning on going with embedded > video. Functioning audio is not a requirement but a nice to have. > > Any recommendations as to where I can look on the web (the distro > sites seems to have little if any compatibility information and most > of it is regarding HP/Dell, not for a custom system build) or what you > know will work would be greatly appreciated. > =20 I decided to buy a Penguin system. It uses a Tyan motherboard and ha an=20 AMD Opteron quad core processor as well as swappable SATA drives. http://www.penguincomputing.com. The last time I built a system it took me a year based on the little=20 time I had. Here is the configuration web site: <http://www.penguincomputing.com/products/linux/workstation/configurator/= tempest3000?cfgid=3D4032039&tabname=3Dconfigure> --=20 Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
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