research on building a new computer
 

Hi

Here are some thoughts on buying or building linux compat hardware.
yes I am aware of the HCL and have made posts there as well, but its not easy to get a quick and dirty guide. And yes I am using this post for my research but it may help others,...I dunno

(2) finegans sticky posts at the top of this forum are very good.
And yes I am aware that some distros have their own HCL

3)
http://www.linux.org/vendor/system/desktop.html tells you what others are selling. OPINION Not very up to date

4)
http://www.linux-tested.com/linux_results.htm


5)
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fhard.php3
OPINION looks gooood

6)
http://www6.tomshardware.com/howto/2...graphics_cards as an example
main site
http://www6.tomshardware.com/howto/2..._linux-02.html
OPINION the best


the comment on using Knoppix cd is not going to work if you are in the market to buy a new computer.

anyhow feel free to add sites and comments

EDIT change title to new computer in lieu of box

A far better place to add these links (and any further ones) is in the Linux Links Section. Putting them here means that, over time, they will get pushed further and further down. Putting them in the Links Section means they stay there always.

this one is from LQ home links
http://www.linuxcompatible.org/compatibility.html

looks very good

EDIT

bad link removed

nice thread on some dos and don'ts
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...recommendation

good advice if you are building plus amd versus intel heat issues and recommend nvidia graphics WD drives
http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/modules...=8040&forum=16

based on AMD and advice for VIA for kernel compatability heres the cheaper options
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Abit.html
or
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Gigabyte1.html
or cheap
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/MSI2.html
or cheap
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Soltek.html

a nice bit on SATA drives I only show one of the pages
http://www.nordichardware.com/review...index.php?ez=2

altho this one is an aussie site it has a good range of hardware by section

http://www.elx.com.au/cat/hardware?e...18d381383d2150

Don't forget to Size the power supply

crane

looks goood

I am already leaning towards a greedy 64 athlon etc and your link gives me 270 watts lets call it 350 and I should be safe

A massive site of amd supported mobo
http://www.amdboard.com

BIOS updates

Intel and all the big boys all appear to need a dos type boot disk except
epox that allows updates from a floppy but I can't find how to save the bios AND THE only major exception is gigaabyte

Whom allows both a save and a update option from a bios menu.

Anyone disagree?

Nice tips on power cases and other stuff...video a bit out of date
http://linuxselfhelp.com/HOWTO/Unix-...TO/basics.html

Actually I had avoided ASUS due to a lq posting and a magazine article but Asus appears to allow update by a non-dos floppy like epox and there is mention of a cdrom so I assume it has a backup of the bios.

Gigabyte appears better options in having a backup bios as well as the save or update to floppy.And assuming your mobo will be compatible.