Ask Slashdot: Linux-Friendly Motherboard Manufacturers?

dotancohen writes "I am tasked with building a few Linux machines for a small office. However, many the currently available motherboards seem to be Linux-hostile. For instance, in addition to the whole UEFI issue, my last install was a three-day affair due to the motherboard reporting a Linux-supported ethernet device (the common RTL8168) while it was actually using a GbE Ethernet device that does not work with the legacy drivers and didn't even work with a test Windows 7 install until the driver disk was installed. There are no current hardware compatibility lists for Debian or Ubuntu and I've received from Asus and Gigabyte the expected reply: No official Linux support, install Windows for best experience. I even turned to the two large local computer vendors, asking if they could provide Linux-compatible machines ready to go, but neither of them would be of any help. What globally-available motherboards or motherboard manufacturers can you recommend today?"

Raspberry Pi

[recoiledsnake]

I heard the Raspberry Pi is very Linux compatible, in fact it doesn't even run Windows.

If you have to ask...

[MrSavage]

...whether a motherboard is Linux friendly on Slashdot, I would put down your hammer and step away from the computer you are trying to build.

Re:Raspberry Pi

[ls671]

Because it is a well known fact that forces recrut on /. to pilot drone. You can't change your mind after firing at something. Hence, it is part of the training.

Re:Raspberry Pi

[mspohr]

On rainy days, they don't work well.
In the sun, much better.

Re:Raspberry Pi

[RenHoek]

I thought it was because we Slashdotters are known to never make mistaks.

Re:Intel?

[Anonymous Coward]

Smart people would also know how to spell "than".