Re: [Hampshire] Asus Motherboard/Linux compatibility

2013-04-26 Thread Daniel Llewellyn
On 26 April 2013 22:11, Ian Park wrote: > > Not quite... the money for the new computer will be *mine*, not *ours* > (and if my son can be persuaded to reply to my offer of my current system > it will be a reason/excuse for us to go and see him... that sounds more sensible than my version, and m

Re: [Hampshire] Asus Motherboard/Linux compatibility

2013-04-26 Thread Ian Park
On 26/04/13 19:53, Daniel Llewellyn wrote: On 26 April 2013 10:30, Ian Park mailto:i.d.c.p...@ntlworld.com>> wrote: Thanks both for the reassurance - it looks as though I should be reasonably safe to go with that MB. But before I do, I'm waiting to hear from my son whether he want

Re: [Hampshire] Asus Motherboard/Linux compatibility

2013-04-26 Thread Daniel Llewellyn
On 26 April 2013 10:30, Ian Park wrote: > > Thanks both for the reassurance - it looks as though I should be > reasonably safe to go with that MB. But before I do, I'm waiting to hear > from my son whether he wants my current desktop system to replace his pile > of bits spread on a table-top... >

Re: [Hampshire] Asus Motherboard/Linux compatibility

2013-04-26 Thread Ian Park
On 25/04/13 21:55, Anton Piatek wrote: http://fr.asus.com/websites/global/aboutasus/OS/Linux.pdf Suggests it works Anton -- Anton Piatek http://www.strangeparty.com No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.

Re: [Hampshire] Asus Motherboard/Linux compatibility

2013-04-25 Thread Alan Pope
On 25/04/13 21:46, Ian Park wrote: I thought I'd try picking brains about the compatibility of a motherboard I'm thinking of using with Linux Mint. The MB is the Asus Rampage IV Extreme [1], which brags about its compatibility with Windows 8. I don't want to commit to pretty substantial expense i

Re: [Hampshire] Asus Motherboard/Linux compatibility

2013-04-25 Thread Anton Piatek
http://fr.asus.com/websites/global/aboutasus/OS/Linux.pdf Suggests it works Anton -- Anton Piatek http://www.strangeparty.com No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. On 25 Apr 2013 21:46, "Ian Park" wrote:

[Hampshire] Asus Motherboard/Linux compatibility

2013-04-25 Thread Ian Park
Hi all I thought I'd try picking brains about the compatibility of a motherboard I'm thinking of using with Linux Mint. The MB is the Asus Rampage IV Extreme [1], which brags about its compatibility with Windows 8. I don't want to commit to pretty substantial expense in building a PC based on