[Sderby] Hardware help.

[Richard Taylor]

I'm new to the list, having been subscribed for about a week, and not 
having been to any meetings yet.

That said, I was hoping that someone might want to offer me  some help. 
In the next couple of weeks, I plan on building myself a new machine 
which is going to be a linux-only system, not dual-boot like most of my 
   previous boxes have been. It's been ages since I last did any system 
building, and I was wondering if there's anyone in the LUG that would 
consider offering me their assistance in putting all of the various bits 
together?

In addition to that, I'd also like advice from all of you on linux 
compatibility issues. I'm probably going with an Athlon-64 processor. Is 
there anyone on the list using Gentoo with the Athlon-64 archictecture? 
What about motherboards? Which chipsets are you using (if you have the 
Athlon-64) and how well supported is it? Lastly, what about SATA HDDs? 
Do they work under Linux?

I don't want to spend my money on any components that won't work to 
their full potential with Linux, so if anyone has any testimonials, or 
horror stories, I'd love to hear them.

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Richard