Re: Dual-Core Linux/Win machine: opinions (and facts, if any :-)), please

On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:07:33 +0100, Jens Tingleff wrote:

I'm thinking of building a desketop to last me for some time which must have
adequate performance for 2D graphics, maybe later video manipulation (but
not particularly games).

Since I am please with my current ASUS based system, I thought I'd go for
them again.

I've decided to be agnostic about CPU manufacturer, and just look at
practicalities.


I set up the Newsgroup entry to comp.os.linux.hardware instead of
Asus-specific, since the topic should be of some interest to Linux uses.
Asus boards are a poor choice for Linux because of the company's policy to
provide broken BIOS (ACPI/DSDT part, in particular). The A8N boards, in
particular, have been documented to have this bug. MSI is a much better
choice for motherboards at this time.

--
Vladimir

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