Re: [tlug] New Desktop Computer

[Jason Hall <jasonh@example.com>]

Alain Hoang wrote:
> ...I bought a Core2 Duo ready motherboard recently and have had tough
> love getting Linux working on it.  Seems there are some issues with the 
> SATA controller and Linux properly detecting it without feeding some
> kernel parameter options and some other aggravating tweaking.

The discussion of video cards is helpful, though basic 2D is fine for
me. I don't do anything that requires high-end or fast graphics. I do
want the option to use 2 monitors however.

I would like to back up a bit though to this topic of motherboards &
CPUs. If I understand correctly from the recent discussion of server
hardware, dual core CPUs may not yet work well for linux & 64bit CPUs
are not properly utilized yet.

So which motherboard/CPU combinations are　good?

I've also read of some issues with linux & SATA? Is it an overall issue
or specific cases with certain motherboards?

- Jason