Linux Ubuntu Asus & Gigabyte H67 M/B support

[ST Dragon]

HI,
I'm considering of buying either one of these M/Bs that have everything on-board (VGA, Lan & Audio), 4GB Ram & an Intel Core i3-2100 (3M Cache, 3.10 GHz) and install Linux Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 LTS 64bit to utilize the 4GB Ram.

ASUS P8H67-M PRO B3 REV 3.0
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_ ... ifications

Gigabyte GA-H67MA-USB3-B3
http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product ... id=3806#sp

Intel Core i3-2100 (3M Cache, 3.10 GHz)
http://ark.intel.com/products/53422/

I noticed that neither manufacturers have Linux Drivers for their M/B, so will all the M/B components (H67 chip-set, Lan, Audio, VGA) will be recognized by the Ubuntu installation. I'm concerned whether the on-board graphics processor of the chip-set & CPU will work in Ubuntu?
Or whether I should get a separate PCI Express 16x VGA card (NVIDIA / ATI) that both support Linux.

Otherwise , which other equivalent M/B would be 100% compatible with Linux Ubuntu...

Thanks in advance

[KBZ]

all the needed driver should be in the kernel including intel's onboard gfx. Discrete gfx cards are usually the troublesome piece of the linux puzzle.

[ST Dragon]

all the needed driver should be in the kernel including intel's onboard gfx. Discrete gfx cards are usually the troublesome piece of the linux puzzle.

So the integrated Intel HD Graphics 2000 of the CPU will be recognized by Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 LTS 64bit? from the installation and I will not need to search for additional drivers?

Please define Discrete gfx cards? What would those be so that I can avoid them all together?

Thanks in advance!

[shmuppyLove]

Please define Discrete gfx cards? What would those be so that I can avoid them all together?

He means third-party video cards from nvidia, AMD, etc. I think the reason they're not well supported is lack of open-source code for the drivers?

[trap15]

nVidia's closed-source drivers are perfectly fine. Whatever you do, DO NOT GET AN ATI CARD ARGHHHH. ATI drivers are the single worst thing in the history of forever.

The only reason drivers would be bad is if the company sucks at properly maintaining them. nVidia gets this, and has good drivers. ATI does not, and consequently has possibly the worst drivers of any device ever.

Aside from that, most hardware should work fine with Linux these days.

[KBZ]

I would avoid any display driver that isn't open source if you're new to linux. Even though nvidia has great closed source drivers, you'll find yourself in a strange place should you ever upgrade your kernel after installing them.

You're probably not doing any heavy 3D gaming on linux anyway.

[Ex-Cyber]

The only reason drivers would be bad is if the company sucks at properly maintaining them. nVidia gets this, and has good drivers.

There's a difference between "good" and "somewhat less shitty".

[Ed Oscuro]

I haven't had any trouble with my ATI drivers since I've started using an ATI card (the 5850 series). They certainly had that reputation some years ago, though.

I don't even need to do driver sweep-outs like I used to. I just updated to the latest Catalysts and was able to do everything right from the tray program. Clean installs are starting to become the norm these days, which is a good thing.

About the specs: Only 4 GB of RAM? Get some more if you multitask a lot (or even if you don't). It'll help. With the newer quad-channel boards you should be able to get 8GB there pretty cheaply. If it's a three-channel board, get 6GB (three 2GB sticks).