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Re: Mainboard for Debian stable



On Jo, 29 dec 11, 17:11:56, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am selling Debian pre-installed desktops, but I cannot get the
> mainboards I've used anymore. Can somebody advice me a mainboard what
> works fine with Debian stable?
> 
> A backported kernel or CSS firmware is not a big problem, but I don't
> like installing closed source drivers.
> 
> I want a network driver what's in Debian. In the past I had problems
> with the Realtek 8111E what is in most motherboards today (in lspci this
> is called "RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
> [10ec:8168] (rev 06)").  Does this work now with Debian 6.0.3?
> I don't find anything about it in the release notes.

See the threads started at
http://lists.debian.org/20110920084647.2061.97568.reportbug@calzone.localnet
http://lists.debian.org/20111110094245.21454.64340.reportbug@deblab
 
> Normally I use AMD/Ati boards from Asus, but Intel is fine too.

For 3d graphics the free driver is better, but if you plan to use the 
non-free driver nvidia is better.

Hope this helps,
Andrei
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