[ale] Linux friendly motherboard?

Beddingfield, Allen allen at ua.edu
Wed Mar 13 13:08:18 EDT 2019


I'm mainly wondering how well the 2400G APU stuff will work (not 
planning to use a dedicated video adapter).  I'm guessing that is really 
motherboard agnostic, though.

On 3/13/19 12:06 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> I've seen nothing that suggests any desktop mobo will NOT run Linux 
> flawlessly. It's the add-on cards that supply issues and most of those 
> are now Linux-friendly. Built-in wifi can be hit-or-miss due to Broadcom 
> chips.
> 
> An easy test is to walk into any MicroCenter with a live CD/DVD and test 
> their gear. I've found management to be very interested in seeing things 
> work like that and they take notes (Duluth store).
> 
> On Wed, 2019-03-13 at 12:00 -0500, Beddingfield, Allen via Ale wrote:
>> Let me rephrase my question:  Any input regarding Gigabyte vs Asus vs
>> Others for Linux compatibility for Ryzen motherboards?  I'm leaning
>> toward the Gigabyte B450M DS3H
>>
>> Allen B.
>>
>> On 3/12/19 10:29 PM, Beddingfield, Allen via Ale wrote:
>>> I'm about to build a new system, and was looking at my motherboard
>>> options.  Do any of you have experience with the Gigabyte B450M DS3H?
>>> This would be for a Linux system.
>>> Thanks.
>>> Allen B.
>>
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