7 Apr
2004
7 Apr
'04
8:37 p.m.
Kjetil Svalastog Matheussen wrote:
I've had mixed experiences with the asus sk8n nforce3 motherboard,
although it's more implementation specific quirks than issues with the
chipset itself. The GPL'd forcedeth ethernet driver seems to work really
well in my experience. Debian's sarge beta 3 install CD even includes
the forcedeth driver ootb. Really nice!
later,
Steve
>My tip: don't go for the hypest nForce2 models
of the Shuttle series, buy
a
>cheaper (or older) one, whose chipsets are known
compliant with Linux,
disable
>the video chipset, and invest the gained price
difference on an entry 3D
video
card with
built-in RAM!
No, nforce2 is well supported in linux now. I don't know about
nforce3...