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thiussat · 12-24-08

In regard to the motherboard section: how about Biostar? I see a lot of posts online and in newegg reviews that Biostar gives major pains when trying to install Linux on one. The same goes for Foxconn. Wasn't there an issue with Foxconn (something with the BIOS)? Perhaps Foxconn fixed the issue as they said they would? Just wondering.

error10 · 12-24-08

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Originally Posted by thiussat

In regard to the motherboard section: how about Biostar? I see a lot of posts online and in newegg reviews that Biostar gives major pains when trying to install Linux on one. The same goes for Foxconn. Wasn't there an issue with Foxconn (something with the BIOS)? Perhaps Foxconn fixed the issue as they said they would? Just wondering.

Are you referring to particular motherboards? I'll note something if it's brought to my attention.

Melcar · 12-24-08

When it comes to stuff like motherboards it really depends on the chipset being used and nothing else. If a particular chip is supported, then all the motherboards with that chip *will* work. Now, some vendors have the nasty habit of doing unconventional stuff like temp. sensor placement, so you may encounter some problems when using things like lm-sensors. Another thing that can give you problems is the particular BIOS revisions different vendors may use; the BIOS may have bugs that are not particularly harmful on a Windows environment but that may be troublesome on Linux machines. Still, as long as the kernel supports the chip it is all good.

airbozo · 12-24-08

A note on processors;
Linux will support pretty much every CPU out there today, including the MIPS, SPARC, CELL and IA64 chips (Itanium).

...just in case you have a special project...

N1ESE · 12-26-08

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Originally Posted by error10

Unfortunately their web site sucks since they've made it impossible to provide a link to their download page.

Does this link work?
Edit: Nope, it doesn't. Sorry.
http://support.creative.com/download...wnloadId=10792

File Name : XFiDrv_Linux_Public_US_1.00.tar.gz
This download is a source release driver providing Linux® 32-bit / 64-bit OS support for Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ and X-Fi Titanium series of audio devices. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.

Take note of the following:

THIS IS AN UNSUPPORTED DRIVER. There is no technical support for this driver.
We recommend that only experienced users install this driver. Do not install this driver on a system used to perform critical tasks.
This download is intended for the following audio devices only:

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty® Champion Series
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Professional Audio
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic
Current release features:

ALSA PCM Playback
ALSA Record
ALSA Mixer
Known issues:

External I/O modules are not supported in this driver release.
Applications from the Installation CD of your Sound Blaster audio device will not work with this driver.
Requirements:

Linux x86 / x86_64 OS
Creative Sound Blaster audio devices listed above
Notes:

To install the driver, do the following:
Download the tarball package onto your local hard disk.
Un-tarball the downloaded package to unpack its contents.
Read the README file and follow the instructions.

error10 · 12-26-08

See what I mean? If you choose Linux out of their download selection page, then you can get to it. But the direct link just doesn't work.

N1ESE · 01-03-09

How is ATI support these days?

My new Core i7 hardware is getting delivered on Monday and Tuesday when the fun of going back to Linux (finally) begins. I will be using my existing HD3870 for about a month while I recover financially. The plan is to switch to NVIDIA cards next month.

Melcar · 01-03-09

Quote:

Originally Posted by N1ESE

How is ATI support these days?

My new Core i7 hardware is getting delivered on Monday and Tuesday when the fun of going back to Linux (finally) begins. I will be using my existing HD3870 for about a month while I recover financially. The plan is to switch to NVIDIA cards next month.

Good-Very Good, depending on what you do with your hardware. It's in no way perfect by any means.

N1ESE · 01-03-09

So long as I can get EVE Online in WINE working, that's all I care about. I don't play any other games at the moment but quite addicted to EVE. Worse case, I can dual boot until I switch to NVIDIA cards next month.

Melcar · 01-03-09

Quote:

Originally Posted by N1ESE

So long as I can get EVE Online in WINE working, that's all I care about. I don't play any other games at the moment but quite addicted to EVE. Worse case, I can dual boot until I switch to NVIDIA cards next month.

May want to check on the compatibility of WINE + fglrx + EVE. WINE works "good" with ATI drivers, but more games tend to exhibit glitches with them.

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