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Windows Linux on an EPIA mobo

Discussion in 'Software' started by o0mercer0o, 13 Nov 2003.

  1. o0mercer0o

    o0mercer0o What's a Dremel?

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    I wanted to build a pc to toy around with Linux. Does anyone have Linux running on a VIA EPIA Mini-ITX motherboard. If so would you recommend getting one? Have you experience alot of problems with it? I'm mainly worried about driver and heat issues.

    thanks
     
    o0mercer0o, 13 Nov 2003
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  2. dhutch2

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    I am also interested in this as im thinking of a SFF file server - running linux

    thanks DHUTCH
     
    dhutch2, 13 Nov 2003
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  3. fuzz

    fuzz What's a Dremel?

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    Replying from an EPIA (M10000) based system running Mandrake 9.1.

    Mdk runs fine and 1GHz M10000 seems slightly faster than a 900MHz P3.
    The onboard graphics doesn't work well under linux unless you're happy
    with the SVGA driver (also tried VIA driver with Mdk 9.0) - if you want graphics
    add a PCI NVIDIA card. Sound is good but you need the most recent VIA
    driver. No network problems. Boots from network and USB as well as int
    devs. Only gripe is that I can hear the CPU fan a few meters away and
    using longhaul/govenor to control the CPU clock seems to hang the
    system.
     
    fuzz, 14 Nov 2003
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