compatib question: motherboard (fedora)

[Compugreen]

Hi

I'm about to buy 2 computersystems, which will have to work with linux (& windows). In fact I don't know that much about linux. I can work with it a bit. I need it for school. I was wondering if you expect any compatibility problems. When google, I don't find much information about linux (fedora) drivers, certainly not for motherboards. I want everything to work, including the onboard audio!!!!

1th system:

GigaByte VGA GeForce 8600GTS Silent 256 MB, PCI-e 16x
MSI Moederbord P35 NEO2 FIR
2 sata harddisks in raid 0
E6750 core duo

2n system:

GigaByte Moederbord GA-P35-DS3P
Sapphire VGA Radeon X1950XT 256 MB, PCI-e 16x
2 sata harddisk in raid 0
Q6600 quad processor


Thanks in advance
Compugreen

[techieMoe]

1th system:

GigaByte VGA GeForce 8600GTS Silent 256 MB, PCI-e 16x
MSI Moederbord P35 NEO2 FIR
2 sata harddisks in raid 0
E6750 core duo

The CPU and graphics should give you no trouble. I'm not sure if your RAID setup will work out of the box, though. RAID has historically been kind of spotty in Linux.

2n system:

GigaByte Moederbord GA-P35-DS3P
Sapphire VGA Radeon X1950XT 256 MB, PCI-e 16x
2 sata harddisk in raid 0
Q6600 quad processor

Again, I'm not sure of the RAID on this, and the ATI card will definitely give you more trouble with 3D drivers than Nvidia. It can be done, it's just more work.

[Compugreen]

thanks,
but was i also wondering if the onboard audio of the motherboards will work automatically?

[techieMoe]

The MSI motherboard uses the a Realtek sound chip, those are fairly standard and should work fine.

MSI -- MICRO-STAR INT'L CO., LTD.

The Gigabyte board uses the same chipset, as far as I can tell. You shouldn't have any problems.

GIGABYTE - Product - Motherboard - Overview

[Compugreen]

thanks for y answers