Re: LUG: Call 822858: trying to install linux - Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:32:13 -0500

Subject : Re: LUG: Call 822858: trying to install linux

From : "Josh Hunholz" <josh@hunholz.[redacted]>

Date : Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:32:13 -0500

> Chipset: nVidia nForce4.
>
> That's your biggest problem - the nVidia folks aren't forthcoming about
> their chipset specs, so the nForce4 chipset doesn't play well with Linux.
> I know RHEL/Fedora have problems, I believe most other distro's have
> issues as well. Bleeding edge kernels from kernel.org may be better
> behaved, but I don't know if even CVSHEAD will get you a useful kernel
> with that mainboard. (I'm not saying it won't, I'm saying I simply don't
> have any knowledge on it.)

I beg to differ! The nForce4 chipset works just fine with any current
(i.e. up-to-date) Linux distro. Ubuntu is your best bet if you don't know
much about Linux, as it has the best hardware support on the market.
After you play around with that for a while, give something like Gentoo a
try (which also has great nForce4 support).