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No 1 Gigabyte MA69VM-S2 1.0 AMD Socket AM2 MicroATX
Gigabyte MA69VM-S2 (1.0) AMD Socket AM2 MicroATX Motherboard / Audio / Video / PCI Express / Gigabit ratings

$73 - $86

Released 1 year ago

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5 People Recommend
for this use
"pros: good linux board.…"

- Newegg.com User

"pros: works great in linux, ubuntu 7.10.…"

- Newegg.com User

"this will support 2k, xp, vista, and linux.…"

- Newegg.com User

"cons: beware linux users who plan on using 64-bit!!!…"

- Newegg.com User


No 2 Intel DG33BU UATX DDR2 800 GBE LAN VIIV 1333MHZ
Intel DG33BU UATX DDR2 800 GBE LAN VIIV 1333MHZ CLASSIC MOTHERBOARD (BOXDG33BUC) ratings

$74 - $151

Released 1 year ago

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4 People Recommend
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"ich8r family (ahci for linux 'md' raid).…"

- linux-works at Newegg.com

"cons: does not work with some linux distribution, since the chip…"

- Newegg.com User

"cons: not entirely linux friendly yet (see other thoughts).…"

- Newegg.com User

"cons: quite a few teething troubles with linux, as current off-the-shelf…"

- Newegg.com User


No 3 Intel DP35DP
Intel DP35DP Motherboard ratings

$96 - $154

Released 1 year ago

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3 People Recommend
for this use
"if you are running linux, you have to download the driver…"

- Tigerdirect.com User

"works well with linux (2.6.18 and up).…"

- Newegg.com User

"good linux support (after a little work).…"

- Newegg.com User

"good linux support for the most part.…"

- Newegg.com User


No 4 Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R S4516597
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R (S4516597) Motherboard ratings

$85

Released 1 year ago

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3 People Recommend
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"my question is: has anyone tried to load and run linux…"

- Newegg.com User

"cons: not fully supported with suse linux yet.…"

- Newegg.com User

"i've been very satisfied using it in my box that's on…"

- Newegg.com User

"nic controller likes to disable itself in linux after booting out…"

- Newegg.com User


No 5 Gigabyte GA-M68SM-S2
Gigabyte GA-M68SM-S2 - motherboard - micro ATX - GeForce 7025 ratings

Released 1 year ago

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3 People Recommend
for this use
"pros: firewire, plenty of usb, 4 sata slots with hardware raid,…"

- Newegg.com User

"other thoughts: this was for my home system running linux (fedora…"

- Newegg.com User

"also, this makes network based linux installs impossible.…"

- Newegg.com User

"pros: works great with 64bit ubuntu linux 7.10, no driver problems…"

- Newegg.com User


No 6 Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3H
Gigabyte (GA-MA69G-S3H) Motherboard ratings

$89 - $121

Released 1 year ago

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3 People Recommend
for this use
"everything on this board is recognized right away in linux.…"

- Newegg.com User

"i am normally a linux guy and raiding in linux comes…"

- Newegg.com User

"other thoughts: if you're going to run linux, be aware that…"

- Newegg.com User

"i don't game so not sure on that end but as…"

- Newegg.com User


No 7 Intel DG31PR
Intel (DG31PR) Motherboard ratings

$66 - $91

Released 1 year ago

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2 People Recommend
for this use
"pros: this is a nice stable board with good features that…"

- Newegg.com User

"cons: bios was so old i couldn't even get it to…"

- Dave at Newegg.com


No 8 BIOSTAR P4M900-M4 Intel Pentium 4 Socket 478 800
BIOSTAR P4M900-M4 Intel Pentium 4 Socket 478 800 MHz PC2-5400 (DDR2-667) mATX Motherboard Retail ***... ratings

$58 - $65

Released 1 year ago

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2 People Recommend
for this use
"other thoughts: there seem to be issues with linux and the…"

- Newegg.com User

"but then again it is oc'd, i took it to 2.52ghz…"

- skinnymg1 at Newegg.com


No 9 Abit iP35 Pro 843323000223
Abit iP35 Pro (843323000223) Motherboard ratings

$259 - $280

Released 1 year ago

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2 People Recommend
for this use
"may have to do with the linux driver that i had…"

- Newegg.com User

"on another note if your going to run linux the sata…"

- QuantumAvatar at Newegg.com

"i haven't been able to get lm_sensors (in linux) to read…"

- wu-wei at Newegg.com

"also, lousy ide support means anything but the most recent linux…"

- MetalJay at Newegg.com


No 10 ASUS M2N-E SLI GREEN
ASUS M2N-E SLI (M2N-E SLI GREEN) Motherboard ratings

$100

Released 1 year ago

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2 People Recommend
for this use
"cons: sound doesn't work under linux.…"

- syskoll at Shopping.com

"other thoughts: despite what a previous reviewer said, the sound works…"

- Newegg.com User

"if your a linux user read up if your distribution has…"

- Newegg.com User

"so far, installed vista32, linux (slackware), and settled on xp.…"

- Newegg.com User


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