[ale] Linux friendly motherboard?

Beddingfield, Allen allen at ua.edu
Wed Mar 13 13:10:38 EDT 2019


Good to know!
Thanks.
Allen B.

On 3/13/19 12:08 PM, dev null zero two wrote:
> only Ryzen incompatibility I've ever seen was with ESXi and some mobos 
> won't actually use ECC in ECC RAM. but that was all when Ryzen first 
> came out, so it's probably resolved by now.
> 
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 1:06 PM Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org 
> <mailto:ale at ale.org>> 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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