> How do boards based on nVidia's nForce4 chipset do (that's what the ECS > board is)? Are there others that work well with Linux? Nforce4 chipsets are to be preferred over VIA. VIA tend to come with surprises. There was a post where I ask about boards for AMD processors. There is a guy that runs A-bit KN9 without issues. http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2006-October/071253.html http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2006-October/071266.html