Drew wrote:
I'd agree with you for motherboards but not the mini-ITX all-in-one boards. I bought a used SP13000G (CN400 based) before Christmas to use as a (nearly) silent front end for MythTV and it's been rock solid.
It's the newer chipsets that are the real problem - especially in regard to the graphics support. VIA have shown no real interest in this respect to Linux users. Somewhat surprising considering their drive to market their products in countries like Brazil. The Openchrome project is doing sterling work but progress is frustratingly slow. Fully working and stable video drivers for Linux are still a very long way away. :(
In general, I would have to say, if you run Linux, stay away from VIA. Be lucky, Neil -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
