Linux distribution for Intel DG33TL MB, E8400, 64bit, 8 GB mem?

Just purchased an Intel MB DG33TL, and the new 3 GHz E8400 core 2 duo and 8
GB of memory. Want to install Linux 64 bit.

I just assumed, wrongly apparently, that SuSE 10.3 64bit or FC 8 would
install as they have on other Intel MB's. But this was a wrong assumption.
However, Windows XP Pro EMT-64 installs OK.

SuSE 10.3 would not intall at all. FC 8 would only install with one stick
of memory (2GB) and when the rest of memory was installed, it would not
boot. Seemed agonizingly slow.

The Intel web site says that this MB does not support Linux which I wish I
had read before purchase.

Am I stuck with making this a Windows 64 bit machine or is there a Linux
distribution which would work 'out of the box' ?

Am a not a Linux guru, so building a kernel may be beyond my reach.

Thanks. John S


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