motherboard advice

[chuckh at hhs48.com]

Hi folks,

I hope some of you folks who know more about current hardware stuff than 
I do can give me some advice about a new motherboard. I have a support 
guy I am talking with about building me a new system, and he is nervous 
about recommending a motherboard without knowing if it might be a 
problem for Linux. He is going to do some checking, and I promised him 
that I would do some too.

He would like to recommend an Intel D-101 motherboard, unless there are 
known issues for Linux. Anyone familiar with this choice? Is another 
motherboard a better choice?  it has been a bunch of years since I have 
bought a new machine  and I am no longer on top of choices.

Also, is there a better sound card choice than the sb-live 16 bit card 
that was so popular a while ago, Any experience here would be welcome 
too.

Thanks for any suggestions. 

Chuck



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