Re: [PLUG] Good Sites for Linux-oriented System Build Guides?

[Rachel Rawlings <rachelneko@gmail.com>]

Tom's hardware guide is pretty OS agnostic, although their benchmarks are generally Windows oriented. They're the one site to which I pay most attention.

If only LinuxFormat had a useful website....

On Nov 19, 2010, at 6:08 PM, Richard Freeman <r-plug@thefreemanclan.net> wrote:

> Does anybody have any suggestions on good sites for motherboard/build
> reviews that are oriented more to the linux crowd?
> 
> I really don't care about video performance or whether a board has 12 or
> 14 SLI slots.  However, I do care if its SATA controller only works on
> bleeding-edge kernels/etc.  I'm generally building things that are more
> typical desktops or server configurations.  I care about having room for
> more than 2 PCI cards, and less about being "vista ready."
> 
> In the past I've found anandtech to be a decent site, but they've gotten
> away from integrated build guides, and at best you can pick through 47
> individual motherboard reviews which is tedious.
> 
> If I want to put together a LAMP box or whatever, where would I start?
> 
> Rich
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