<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Dotan Cohen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dotancohen@gmail.com" target="_blank">dotancohen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div><br>
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*buntu does not come with the tools necessary to compile software. </blockquote><div><br>So that's what is special about Ubuntu... I don't use it, so "lack of tools" is a foreign concept to me. I am sure the necessary stuff can be installed though. <br>
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The Gigabyte GA-H77M-D3H board comes with a "Atheros GbE LAN chip<br>
(10/100/1000 Mbit)":<br>
<a href="http://il.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4143#sp" target="_blank">http://il.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4143#sp</a><br>
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There is no mention of which driver it needs, and I strongly suspect<br>
that the 1000 Mbit part requires nonconventional drivers</blockquote><div><br>Or maybe just experimental, see <a href="http://lxr.linux.no/#linux+v3.7.1/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/Kconfig#L16">http://lxr.linux.no/#linux+v3.7.1/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/Kconfig#L16</a> <br>
<br>Like Nadav, I don't buy much HW but I have never had a problem with anything. My process is, I get a spec from a vendor, look it up, including the components (e.g., NIC, video card, etc.), and then check whether everything is supported. if you ask Ivory or KSP for 2/3 options chances are you will find a MoBo that will work out of the box. Since there is no "certified with Ubintu sticker" the research is yours to do. You know, I suppose, what kernel version your distro uses. They may modify the kernel (RH do, after all) but they are not likely to throw out a working driver. Get the sources (see LXR above) and/or Google and you will likely find what you seek. <br clear="all">
</div></div><br>-- <br>Oleg Goldshmidt | <a href="mailto:pub@goldshmidt.org" target="_blank">pub@goldshmidt.org</a>
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