On Thursday 16 September 2004 10:55 pm, Rikard Johnels wrote:
On Friday 17 September 2004 03.50, BandiPat wrote:
On Thursday 16 September 2004 09:23 pm, Rikard Johnels wrote: [...]
Has anyone any of the following systems running under Linux?
Asus - PC-DL Deluxe (Dual Xeon) Tyan - Thunder K8QS Pro (Quad Opteron) Tyan - Thunder K8W (Dual Opteron)
Any issues regarding compatibility etc.?
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Rikard, Generally, most of us stay away from Asus motherboards, not only for the problems but for their attitude toward Linux as well. There was an article just recently about that, so I think it probably give many a new disrespect for the brand.
Tyan always makes a good quality board. You pay for them, but I believe the quality is up to the cost. Also, you will get so much more cpu with the Opteron than any of the Intel cpus available.
Lee
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Is that true even with the Intel Itanium? (Not that i have seen anything about them..)
I know about the Asus attitude, but the board is the most suitable for my needs as far as i have been able to find out. It would be a shame if it wasnt 100% "Linux proof" as it seems to be a rather proficient card. (Attitude or no attitude)
(I did look at a quad Xeon MP board, but thought of the world economy failing if i would buy such a card...)
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Well, it's not just attitude with Asus, they specifically don't like Linux and make their motherboards not to like Linux. That was in the article. That speaks pretty strongly how likely their boards are to be incompatible with Linux. Sorry, I don't remember the url to give you. I think you will be hard pressed to find a better 64bit x86 cpu than the Athlon64 or Opteron right now. Of couse, a nice RISC cpu would be sweet too! ;o) Lee