On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 09:39:10AM -0400, Khepri wrote:
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> Are most of the Intel boards OK? All my older machines have a 440bx and
> I've yet to have a problem with those.....but things change....:) Come
> to think of it this box has the second edition in it...what a great
> board that was...upgradable forever it seemed but I think it at the end
> of its rope...bus not fast enough I guess because every once in a while
> on really heavy tasks it'll bawk as if it's bottlenecking or something..
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It really varies from one Intel board to the next. In general, the
higher-end boards tend to work better with Linux, and the lower-end
boards less well, though I don't know how much of a constant that is.
You'll probably have to investigate the various chipsets and how well
they play with Linux, using Google, for yourself. I know of at least
one each of a high-end Intel chipset that worked brilliantly with Linux
and a low-end Intel chipset that didn't much work at all, though I don't
for the life of me remember the names/numbers of the chipsets in
question. I wish I had more information to offer.
On the plus side, according to Intel's marketing literature, they're
working more with FLOSS developers to ensure that their hardware is
supportable across platforms. Whether that bears out remains to be
seen, of course.
-- Chad Perrin [ CCD CopyWrite | http://ccd.apotheon.org ]
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