[CS-FSLUG] Why I've NEVER LIKED nor will use Asus!!

[N. Thompson]

I've got an Asus and the built in NIC is not properly supported. I brought up the issue in the list once about some web sites working but others not working with that NIC. I got around the problem by using a Realtek RTL8139 compatible network card. If I remember btw the box I got the rtl8139 compatible nic in even said it was Linux compatible.

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Subject: Re: [CS-FSLUG] Why I've NEVER LIKED nor will use Asus!!
   From: Clawman <groundhog3000 at yahoo.com>
   Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 19:23:35 -0700
     To: "A Christian virtual Free Software and Linux Users Group."<Christiansource at ofb.biz>

>Well,
>
>>What motherboard manufacturers would you recommend?  I've been using
>>ASUS boards for a while, though mostly for Windows systems to be used by
>>others.  My current ASUS board is working fine with Linux, but it's
>>certainly worthy of note that a mobo maker is not designing their
>>products to standard.
>>
>>It would help me to be a little more knowledgeable about the
>>motherboards out there.
>>  
>>
>After purchasing a few computers lately, and asking trustworthy advice, 
>I would say that an excellent middle of the road board is the "ABit" 
>brand. The Athlon chips that run on them (not the cheap ones, but the 
>real ones) are fast and the board is very friendly with Linux. The Asus 
>boards are a headache, and I've seen that first hand. Just a thought.
>
>
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