On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:27:57 -0700, pestocat wrote:

> The last few days I visited the Intel, Asus, and several other sites in
> order to develop a list of components for a new Linux box. I've had good
> luck with Asus boards with Windows OS and so decided with a P5B
> motherboard, an Intel Pentium D, 935 (3.2 GHz, 2x2MB) CPU, 2 GB DDR2
> RAM, and SATA Harddrive and SATA CD/DVD drive. And a 500 watt PS. There
> will be no need for anything special on the graphics card. How does
> look? Thank You

Wrong CPU, the Pentium D is obsolete, get a Core2. Check the customer
reviews on Newegg for the motherboards that you might be interested in.
Search for Linux in the customer comments.

On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:27:57 -0700, pestocat wrote:

> The last few days I visited the Intel, Asus, and several other sites in
> order to develop a list of components for a new Linux box. I've had good
> luck with Asus boards with Windows OS and so decided with a P5B motherboard,
> an Intel Pentium D, 935 (3.2 GHz, 2x2MB) CPU, 2 GB DDR2 RAM, and SATA
> Harddrive and SATA CD/DVD drive. And a 500 watt PS. There will be no need
> for anything special on the graphics card. How does look?
> Thank You

PC:

I understand the P-D ... since Core-duo mobos are expensive. But then,
whynot stay with a legacy IDE HD and cheaper ram? Then, especially check
the NewEgg reviews ... for Linux comments on mobos. A 2-year-old mobo will
be supported, but not necessarily a 6-mo-old mobo.

nss
*****

"noshellswill" wrote in message
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> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:27:57 -0700, pestocat wrote:
>
>> The last few days I visited the Intel, Asus, and several other sites in
>> order to develop a list of components for a new Linux box. I've had good
>> luck with Asus boards with Windows OS and so decided with a P5B
>> motherboard,
>> an Intel Pentium D, 935 (3.2 GHz, 2x2MB) CPU, 2 GB DDR2 RAM, and SATA
>> Harddrive and SATA CD/DVD drive. And a 500 watt PS. There will be no need
>> for anything special on the graphics card. How does look?
>> Thank You
>
> PC:
>
> I understand the P-D ... since Core-duo mobos are expensive. But then,
> whynot stay with a legacy IDE HD and cheaper ram? Then, especially check
> the NewEgg reviews ... for Linux comments on mobos. A 2-year-old mobo will
> be supported, but not necessarily a 6-mo-old mobo.
>
> nss
> *****
>
With the Asus P5B, you don't want to use IDE drives. There is only one IDE
I/O. But 6 SATA I/Os. The RAM requires DDR2 memory. I guess that's the
direction these days. SATA drives are in now. The shop that is putting the
computer together also mentioned to not get the latest board for a Linux OS.

"pestocat" wrote in message
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> The last few days I visited the Intel, Asus, and several other sites in
> order to develop a list of components for a new Linux box. I've had good
> luck with Asus boards with Windows OS and so decided with a P5B
> motherboard, an Intel Pentium D, 935 (3.2 GHz, 2x2MB) CPU, 2 GB DDR2 RAM,
> and SATA Harddrive and SATA CD/DVD drive. And a 500 watt PS. There will be
> no need for anything special on the graphics card. How does look?
> Thank You
>
>

I picked up the system this Monday and installed Suse 10.1 ( I purchased
this last August, as you know 10.2 is out now) or Linux 2.6.16. I installed
using the DVD and the process is very fast compared to using the CDs. The
only problem I had was that the on-board LAN controller was not recognized.
The MB wants a driver for RealTek RTL8111B. Someone mentioned that this
driver is in versions 2.6.19 or later. I was going to try to compile the
driver I downloaded from RealTek but then I just added a Netgear LAN card
and it was immediately recognized. Then I had a network connection. The P5B
motherboard with Intel Pentium D 935 CPU looks very good and very fast too.
I like the Gnome interface.