On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Arun Khan <knura9 at gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Devin Reade <gdr at gno.org> wrote: >> >> I've typically stuck to Intel CPUs, and prefer Gigabyte or Intel >> motherboards. I'd prefer to minimize the likelihood of non-working >> or marginally-working hardware. > > Gigabyte does list Linux for their boards, albeit as caveat -- an example here: > <http://www.gigabyte.in/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4388#sp> > > I would suggest select a board that has been in the market for about 6 > months. Look up the chipset on the board and verify support for it > in the Linux kernel. Also, besides costing a little less it will > most likely work with the latest incarnate of the OS. > I had meant to add following info in my earlier response - Supermicro makes desktop/workstation boards based on i3/i5/i7 CPUs and compatible chip set: <http://www.supermicro.com.tw/products/motherboard/Core/index.cfm> OS compatibility for board chip set ==> <http://www.supermicro.com.tw/products/motherboard/Core/index.cfm> HTH -- Arun Khan Sent from my non-iphone/non-android device