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Intel D945GCLF 533FSB DDR2 667 533 Audio Video

$98.00 Est. at Amazon

from Dan, www.newegg.com
eventually, i'll upgrade from windows 2000 to linux (i refuse to purchase any of the drm-and-product-activation-laden later versions of windows), but first i need to rewrite a vb 6.0 application that
from www.amazon.com
it has an atom processor running at 1.6 ghz, enough power to run various flavours of linux and windows xp, but you don't want to run vista on it.
from alphaniner, www.newegg.com
ubuntu (ff on dual booted windows is fine).maximum 512mb ram.no onboard speaker/buzzer, a feature which i used to hate, but have since come to appreciate in linux.the included ide cable was damaged.
from Budrow, www.newegg.com
not sure what issues other reviewer had with linux; i originally loaded ubuntu 8.04 on it and later reloaded with freshmint 5 -- which is basically just ubuntu 8.04 with freshmint menus on it.
from Buford, www.newegg.com
i am using it to power a small headless linux file/media server for my home network, and it's more than adequate for that purpose.

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Positives: Nice Performance, Easy To Install, Good Reliability, Socket 771

2 RECOMMENDED by 19 people for LINUX

Intel - Single Unit uiTX 945G Atom330 BOXD945GCLF2

$110.00 Est. at Amazon

from wd6cmu, www.newegg.com
i now have two of these, one running ubuntu linux, the other windows server 2008, and am constantly amazed at how smoothly it crunches through daily tasks.
from www.amazon.com
it has an atom processor running at 1.6 ghz, enough power to run various flavours of linux and windows xp, but you don't want to run vista on it.
from www.amazon.com
ask a linux wizard why the 64 bit distro is different in that regard, all i know is that it now recognizes 4 logical processors and i am satisfied with the result.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i'm running gentoo linux, but even with the atom processor, it didn't take very long to build the system.
from el, www.newegg.com
the results for the os's i did try were quite varied - all i can really say is that ubuntu was the most ideal candidate, even with compiz fusion running over windows xp and (unix among other things)

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Positives: Easy To Install, Nice Performance, Great Reliability, Compatible Processors: Intel Core Duo, Intel Atom

3 RECOMMENDED by 9 people for LINUX

Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H 991443028

$156.00 Est. at Amazon

from pcrow, www.newegg.com
i'm using this for mythtv, and almost everything on the board is recognized by linux just fine, though it requires a fairly recent kernel to get sound working.
from Dude, www.newegg.com
so far i am still in search of a good hard drive so i am testing it from a linux usb drive and it's been doing great so far as much as i can tell.
from Bobby, www.newegg.com
i think it's a linux/driver issue not the board.
from katapaltes, www.newegg.com
have not tried installing xp, linux, or mac os x yet.
from geekydad, www.newegg.com
had more problems getting a version of linux to run unmodified.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Great Performance, Excellent Reliability, Socket LGA775

4 RECOMMENDED by 6 people for LINUX

ASUS Skt 775 Atx P45 ICH10R 1600MHZ 4719543162576

$186.00 Est. at Amazon

from Ryan Gardner, www.newegg.com
decent linux support for some aspects of it.
from u83rmensch, www.newegg.com
the linux boot is nice but i rarely use it.
from platojones, www.newegg.com
basic specs:asus p5q deluxeintel q9550 oc to 3.58 gb of ocz reaper 1066windows xp pro and gentoo linux x86_64 cons: not a chance...i could nitpick, but what's the point...it's really an
from moniker, www.newegg.com
it is a little distro of linux or something that pops up before the post.
from SomeOtherGeek, www.newegg.com
xp and vista both 32 and 64 bits and linux!

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Positives: Easy To Install, Great Reliability, Nice Performance, Socket LGA775

5 RECOMMENDED by 5 people for LINUX

Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-US2H

$97.00 Est. at Amazon

from M sound, www.newegg.com
worked with puppy linux with no issues (including sound).
from hard/soft(ware) guy, www.newegg.com
very stable with bios version f3, phenom ii 940, 8gb ram, vista64/linux64 -- one month uptime each -- no problems at all.
from Sysadmin Chris, www.newegg.com
pros: am2+, fast, solid caps where it counts, good layout, supports plenty of ram, lots of usb and sata ports/headers, redundant cmos, works great with linux.
from Chris, www.newegg.com
cons: ati doesn't have the best linux support.
from The_patriot09, www.newegg.com
this was for my dad who wanted to have a computer he can run windows and linux in virtualbox, in a desktop (not a tower) for under 600 bucks, and this board was a great board, great performance at an

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Positives: Nice Performance, Easy To Install, High Quality, Socket AM2

GIGABYTE AM2+ AMD-RS780 4XDDRII-1066 5200HT

$72.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
of course it runs even faster and more power-efficient when using an amd64 linux kernel.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
freenas as of .69 does not support the sb700 chipset raid or the realtek 8111c network but when freebsd supports it in the future i can use it.
from TELinux46, www.newegg.com
no problems at all, whether running linux or windows, it just works!
from Megaweapon, www.newegg.com
however when one of those two companies bit the bullet i had to rethink my position.i'm using this board for a debian linux file server around the house.
from VandiL, www.newegg.com
absolutely no official support for linux.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Great Reliability, Great Performance, Socket AM2

Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-UD4H

$138.00 Est. at Amazon

from Decibels, www.newegg.com
where couldn't hardly see them like on the asus board.because used my own video and sound can't comment on the quality or if there are any issues with them.i can say it works in gentoo linux fine.
from www.amazon.com
reading the reviews, people seem to be having some problems with linux and the igp.
from Coarch, www.newegg.com
fantastic linux driver support.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
pros: booted up just fine, installed red hat and xp without a hitch.
from TCB4EP, www.newegg.com
cons: none other thoughts: brisbane 2.3 oc'd 3.1 4gig ram, with ultimate linux

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Positives: Easy To Install, Good Reliability, Good Performance, Socket AM2

ASUS M3A76-CM

$70.00 Est. at Amazon

from SticNmove, www.newegg.com
vista 32 bit only had a couple hiccups, linux fedora 64 bit had major problems with ati drivers and i ended up using a universal driver to run the gui.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
c'mon asus, get with the linux already.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
linux works great (did not use onboard graphics).
from whitehat, www.newegg.com
ati 3xxx video worked out of the box with ubuntu 9.04 cons: was unable to upgrade to proprietary ati drivers for linux.
from beege, www.newegg.com
cons: only 1 pata connector.no good way to get accellerated graphics in linux (the open source driver performs quite nicely though).sometimes get sluggish graphics, but can be fixed by plugging in a

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Positives: Easy To Install, Great Performance, Excellent Reliability, Socket AM2+

ASUS M3a78-cm 4719543162934

ASUS Motherboard M3a78-cm (4719543162934)

$97.00 Est. at Amazon

from Missouricomputer, www.newegg.com
has any body been able to get linux mint 7.0 to run with this motherboard?
from Beast, www.newegg.com
so far full linux driver support (ubuntu 8.04) with out any trouble but i have yet to test the hd audio.
from Thundercat, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: linux friendly.
from Tim, www.newegg.com
pros: i don't really do gaming on my linux box, so this board was perfect.
from redneckruss, www.newegg.com
pros: running slackware linux on this motherboard in a 24x7 server.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Nice Reliability, Good Performance, Socket AM2

M4a78t-e - ASUSTEK COMPUTER 90-MIB7G0-G0EAY00Z

$171.00 Est. at Amazon

from afalldorf, www.newegg.com
i love the onboard linux os it is so useful when you just need to check something on the internet without waiting on windows to load.
from Tobster, www.newegg.com
running linux, figuring out how to run the expressgate install will take some time.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i'm downloading the linux drivers from the ati website...
from Chris, www.newegg.com
make sure to download ati - tested video with a linux quake clone and with ati driver ran great.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Excellent Performance, Good Reliability, Socket AM3

ASUS P6T Deluxe V2

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from WB, www.newegg.com
on first boot-up, you get a small footprint linux os which is built into the board - they call it express gate and it gives you quick access to things like internet and skype.
from twka90, www.newegg.com
little niceties like case connector blocks and the instant on linux that you can run without hdd.
from 2malamutes, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: 12gb corsair, 4x1tb wd caviar black in raid10, vista ultimate 64 (a pain of a useless multiuser os)...will be adding 3ware raid & 8 500gbs from linux refurb....and just maybe putting
from N/A, www.newegg.com
pros: stable, stable and stable cons: pricy other thoughts: i use this mb with i7 920 for running matlab simulations under linux x64.
from JoeyR76, www.newegg.com
cons: i wish their utilities were ported to linux.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Nice Performance, High Quality, Socket LGA1366

Gigabyte AM2+ 780G MAX-16GB DDR2 ATX

$111.00 Est. at Amazon

from OldMongrel, www.newegg.com
30, but did not have any jitter, and was replaced with the same model; not newegg) or my long cables (10m, no boost) or with the ati drivers (ubuntu works better without the linux version loaded).
from firmezamano, www.newegg.com
pros: i just built an htpc using linux ubuntu 8.10 as the os.
from ookook, www.newegg.com
pros: easy layout, q-flash bios update for linux users, plenty of headers and reasonable price.
from OldMongrel, www.newegg.com
there could be issues with the tv (first one died on day 30, but did not have any jitter, and was replaced with the same model; not newegg) or my long cables (10m, no boost) or with the ati drivers

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Positives: Easy To Install, Nice Performance, Nice Reliability, Socket AM2

ASUS 8GB DDR2 1066 MHz M3A78

$109.00 Est. at Amazon

from Eric, www.newegg.com
it's ironic that you can't use a linux program (express gate is a slimmed linux installation) without installing windows.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
i am using ubuntu linux and had a little trouble finding the cpu temperature sensors but eventually got it working.
from bob, www.newegg.com
pros: good price, works good, runs fast with linux and virtualization.
from kawwee, www.newegg.com
pros: has been very stable, i like the quick boot to linux thing, and well.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Great Performance, Good Reliability, Socket AM2

Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P 4719331803094

$143.00 Est. at Amazon

from DIRT, www.newegg.com
nvidia is a must if you want to game on linux.
from monte, www.newegg.com
more so than the more expensive 790fx-ud5p.no issues thus far with linux compatibility.
from jinx099, www.newegg.com
pros: -great board with lots of nice features-chipset works out of the box with newer linux distros-boots fine (at lower speeds) with ocz reaper hpc 4gb (2 x 2gb) ram cons: -no spdif-in unless

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Positives: Easy To Install, Great Performance, Excellent Reliability, Socket A

Gigabyte GA-EP43-UD3L

$91.00 Est. at Amazon

from Sleeper Ninja, www.newegg.com
pros: expandabilityconditional stabilityhigh quality copperbest bios setup ever cons: not gnu/unix friendlyjmicron is useless, so it needs more sata portscan we start getting more ram slots?
from Epi 1:10,000, www.newegg.com
pros: all components work in ubuntu 8.10/9.04 and are suported by recent linux kernels.
from kornfan71, www.newegg.com
pros: -decent price-good overclocking options-easy to flash-mostly compatible with most operating systems (some linux issues)-looks pretty nice through my case window!
from N/A, www.newegg.com
plenty of usb portslots of pcie x1 slotshopefully a more stable board with thicker copper traces and solid capacitors.a lot of cpu/ram/ich/mch bios voltage/frequency controls (note i didn't say

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Positives: Easy To Install, Great Reliability, Excellent Performance, Socket LGA775

Socket Am2 Amd770 4 X Ddr2 16gb- Ga-ma770-ud3

$98.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
the operating system of her choice is linux, specifically kubuntu.
from dj, www.newegg.com
works well with xp, vista and ubuntu linux.
from Binkley, www.newegg.com
cons: linux support by amd/ati is still suspect.

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Positives: Nice Performance, Easy To Install, Nice Reliability, Socket AM2

ASRock A780GXH/128M AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI ATX

$94.00 Est. at Amazon

from quark, www.newegg.com
using it with winxp x64 and fedora-11 linux-64 (under sun's virtualbox thin client).
from Brent, www.newegg.com
works out of the box with linux 2.6.28 kernel.

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Positives: Great Performance, Easy To Install, Good Reliability, Socket AM2

Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P

$145.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
great board for windows cons: 9.04 linux ubuntu, ultimate ubuntu, anything 9.04 don't work now with f5 bios.
from Len, www.newegg.com
i'm running xp on a sata configured port, with a sata dvd/rw drive on an ide mode port, and suse linux on an ahci mode port.
from Anonymizer, www.newegg.com
runs dual-booted windows xp and opengeu linux(ubuntu based distro with enlightenment e17 desktop) beautifully, and without a hitch.
from disappointed, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: board includes a feature that allows you to choose default settings or have it load your last known good settings, unfortunately it defaults to last known settings, and i cant press
from N/A, www.newegg.com
pros: loaded windows without a problem and then proceeded to load suse linux without a problem.

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Positives: Easy To Install, Good Performance, High Quality, Socket AM2

Foxconn A7GM-S 2.0

$73.00 Est. at Amazon

from mbutterman, www.newegg.com
linux user be cautioned that at this writing, ati support is diifficult with 9.05 ubuntu linux.
from Legoloonie, www.newegg.com
cons: couldn't get hdmi graphics w/ audio to work with linux.

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Positives: Excellent Performance, Easy To Install, Great Reliability, Socket AM2

ASUS M4A78-EM AM2+ 780G MATX 4719543169438

$113.00 Est. at Amazon

from mrngstar, www.newegg.com
i put this in a gateway 827gm case which i dual boot with xp/linux mint 6 and everything just worked - it fired up first time no issues.
from Kiddo, www.newegg.com
i bought the board's predecessor (sans hdmi output) and built a linux database system on it.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
cons: spdif out failed to work property under ubuntu linux despite a week of tinkering, ati drivers are still a pain in the rear.
from mperkel, www.newegg.com
pros: haven't yet tested it long enough to evaluate but it did boot linux which is what i bought it for.

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Positives: Excellent Reliability, High Quality, Socket AM2+, Compatible Processors: AMD Athlon, AMD Sempron, AMD Phenom X4, AMD Athlon X2, AMD Phenom X3

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Intel D945GCLF 533FSB DDR2 667 533 Audio Video

Intel - Single Unit uiTX 945G Atom330 BOXD945GCLF2

Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H 991443028

ASUS Skt 775 Atx P45 ICH10R 1600MHZ 4719543162576

Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-US2H

GIGABYTE AM2+ AMD-RS780 4XDDRII-1066 5200HT

Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-UD4H

ASUS M3A76-CM

ASUS M3a78-cm 4719543162934

M4a78t-e - ASUSTEK COMPUTER 90-MIB7G0-G0EAY00Z

ASUS P6T Deluxe V2

Gigabyte AM2+ 780G MAX-16GB DDR2 ATX

ASUS 8GB DDR2 1066 MHz M3A78

Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P 4719331803094

Gigabyte GA-EP43-UD3L

Socket Am2 Amd770 4 X Ddr2 16gb- Ga-ma770-ud3

ASRock A780GXH/128M AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI ATX

Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P

Foxconn A7GM-S 2.0

ASUS M4A78-EM AM2+ 780G MATX 4719543169438

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