Well, despite what you say about ASUS, I recently bought an M3N78-VM (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/152752 - although the net card specs are wrong) because it was cheap and it supported 8gb. The only problem was the lack for forcedeth drivers in standard CentOS, which I download from somewhere else. I can't speak for graphics or sound because the machine uses neither.

It's running Xen kernel from the Gitco repositories and it's rock solid (touch wood).



From: fred smith <fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>
To: centos@centos.org
Sent: Saturday, 4 July, 2009 15:39:26
Subject: [CentOS] modern motherboard for centos-5

I'm considering upgrading, and am trying to choose a modern motherboard
that nevertheless fully works with Centos5/RHEL5.

Though I'm partial to AMD processors, and would like to use one in my
new configuration, that's not a requirement, if the most appropriate
board happens to be intel-compatible.

However, given the way ASUS is dumping LInux and crawling more firmly
into bed with the Beast, I'd prefer to avoid ASUS boards.

I see that NewEgg has some combo deals at reasonable prices, but I
can't tell which chipsets/boards are known to work with centos5 and
which aren't.

Just at random, here's one of their offerings, a Biostar board:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138143
I've always understood Biostar boards to be cheap, not only in price,
but perhaps they're serviceable?

I'm open to other suggestions, too.

Thanks in advance!

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                    The Lord detests the way of the wicked
                  but he loves those who pursue righteousness.
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