On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 12:29:22AM +0100, steveydoteu wrote:
Chris G wrote:
I'm considering a new Linux box for my wife to use so I can more easily tidy up and upgrade here existing one. I'll go for 'bare bones', i.e. no mouse, keyboard or display as she'll carry on using the existing ones.
I'll almost certainly go for integrated graphics on motherboard as it's mostly business use so no real need for a whizzy graphics card.
So, what's a good motherboard to go for at the moment that will 'just work' with a (say) Ubuntu 9.04 installation?
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/904#System%20Requirements
So there you have it, a board that can handle 256MB of RAM, and of course has integrated graphics. I'm sure you can work out the rest for yourself.
... but it's *not* that straightforward. The last system I built had Intel graphics in board which I selected because they are supposed to be very Linux friendly/compatible. In reality it turned out that bugs in the current Intel X drivers meant that I had all sorts of problems getting it to work. *That's* the sort of issue I want to avoid if I can.