AMD ATHLON motherboard for linux

[geejo]

I am trying to put up a new AMD system for running linux
An all-in-one-graphics-sound-network(on-board) Motherboard is what i looking for

My cpu choice is :
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AMD Athlon 3000+ (Barton Core)
or
AMD Athlon 64 2800+


Since i am new to AMD dont know much about MB Chipset . So which chipset should i go 4, also it should have drivers for linux


could some one please suggest an athlon motherboard for linux system

THANKS.

 

[jkresh]

for an athlonxp go with an nforce2 based board as nvidia has reasonable linux support. I dont beleive their are any athlon64 boards wth built in graphics, so not sure what to recomend on that front.

 

[o1die]

The km400 chipset for xp cpus is the cheapest board. None I know of for athlon 64, except sis 760. Newegg sells a gigabyte model k8s760m for around $105. They are currently out of stock, but you can use their auto notify feature. You might also find it at other venders on pricewatch.

 

[Peter]

The only ones doing Linux support properly are VIA. I'd go with a KM266 board not a KM400, simply for the maturity of the display driver.

 

[HappyCracker]

^What he said. You might also want to check out Love Sources for a kernel. I don't know about integrated graphics support but my nForce2 ran nicely on those. No downloading of nVidia's drivers. I watched a teacher struggle with computer freezes trying to use nVidia's junk. I hope that might be of some use to you

 

[slpaulson]

Nforce soundstorm doesn't work right under linux, so I'd stay away from that.
It doesn't have hardware acceleration.
I'm not sure how VIA is but I've heard it works better.

 

[brianafischer]

I am also looking for and AMD athlon motherboard for linux, but am looking to implement a MythTV setup. Thus, drivers are very important. I heard that there are issues with TV capture cards and VIA chipsets under both linux and windows, so I was told to look for a NVidia chipset. However, from what I have read on this thread, some of you say otherwise.

So if I was looking for a motherboard that had built-in audio and good multimedia performance:
What is the best valued system that has linux support and can be implemented to be used as a PVR running linux?

Thanks,
Brian