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According to Phoronix, getting support from motherboard manufacturers can be downright hostile for linux users. Some go as far as requiring Microsoft Windows to be installed before getting to speaking terms. With TYAN as about the only motherboard maker (that I am aware of) to fully support linux, my question is: "Do any of you use a TYAN motherboard in a typical desktop use case? If so, what were your experiences, pro and con?
Followup question is: Have any motherboard manufactures changed their tune recently regarding support for linux users?
With the recent end-of-life of free Windows/XP support, Valve's work on its Steam OS, and Android's large market share, how close are we to the point where a user can just install linux (or a BSD variant) and it just works? What hardware (old and new) has been especially problematic for you? What has been your greatest challenge and/or frustration?
(Score: 1) by nishi.b on Monday April 28 2014, @07:17PM
I just bought an HP desktop (a week ago), everything works out of the box with Kubuntu 14.04 except the headphones jack in the front of the computer. I tried everything I could find, but only a bug on alsa bugzilla cites the same chipset (from an Intel motherboard, hda-intel driver), with no answer at all.
I found out finally that the plugs behind the computer are working (that's why the usual debugging, searching for mute in alsamixer and pavucontrol did not work). No hardware failure either as it works in windows.
Reminds me of a lot of past problems in the 90's and 2000's. But in most cases with desktops, everything works much better than in the past.