Hardware
I'm mid-build of a computer and wonder if I'll have any problems with the hardware because I'm using trisquel. My older computer had Windows 7 and I ran Ubuntu on it - until it failed. I didn't have any hardware problems.
I'm buying everything from newegg.com:
VANTEC UGT-CR935 USB 3.0 Multi-Memory Internal Card reader
ECS A75F2-A2(1.0) FM2 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
GIGABYTE GV-N210D3-1GI Rev3.0 GeForce 210 1GB 64-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Low Profile Ready Video Card
ENERMAX NAXN ENP450AST 450W ATX12V Power Supply
AMD A4-5300 Trinity 3.4GHz (3.6GHz Turbo) Socket FM2 65W Dual-Core Desktop APU (CPU + GPU) with DirectX 11 Graphic AMD Radeon ...
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL
Western Digital WD Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive - OEM
ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
ASUS XONAR_DG 5.1 Channels PCI Interface Xonar DG Sound Card
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I appreciate any help and/or warnings.
http://h-node-org might help you.
Thank you
I am a member!
Skip the AMD and go with an Intel motherboard. AMD is problematic with free software. The NVIDIA graphics card has the same problem.
You might want to go with: ASRock H77M LGA 1155 Intel H77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard (N82E16813157303)
Its $74 /w shipping from Newegg and has a high chance of working with Trisquel 6. It is in the same price range your looking at. I usually like to see ratings a little higher on the user satisfaction scale but this is probably good enough. I have a 90% rule where I like to see at least 90% of users saying they are at least satisfied. It's pretty good method of reducing the risk factor of defects/problems. I'd give this an 84% for user satisfaction.
If you want a graphics card that will work with Trisquel I'd suggest an 8 or 9 series card. The 9500GT is an ideal candidate. You can find one here:
http://libre.thinkpenguin.com/ (Trisquel gets 25% of the profits if you order one)
It is an older card although it works well with Trisquel because of the reverse engineered drivers (nouveau). Not a big fan of NVIDIA because they don't support free software. AMD is no better. What they did was a public relations stunt or might as well have been one. They released a driver wrapped around non-free code. It's never going to work with Trisquel.
* Disclaimer: I'm the CEO of ThinkPenguin
Thank you so much Chris for taking the time to help me with details.
You should consider buying form ThinkPenguin. Unlike Newegg and pretty much everyone else, ThinkPenguin is the only seller who is dedicated on helping and supporting the free software movement.
Thank you Mampir, I'm a neophytye, I'll gladly support ThinkPenguin.