In case you are utilizing an ASUS motherboard with Linux and run right into a concern like a UEFI/BIOS bug or one other Linux compatibility downside with the board, hopefully your motherboard and distribution/model are a part of this listing.
Phoronix reader Ching-Nung Lin has despatched us over a hyperlink to the ASUS de facto listing for determining ASUS motherboard compatibility with Linux and what distributions/variations are supported with every explicit product. He additionally included his communications with ASUS’ customer support supervisor Mrs. Hong and product supervisor Mr. Chen.
Ching-Nung Lin was searching for assist for a BIOS concern along with his newly bought X99-E WS motherboard, however as a result of he was working CentOS 7, ASUS shouldn’t be going to actively work to deal with his BIOS concern. For his or her assist listing, they solely point out “RedHat 7” and Ubuntu 14.04 for this explicit motherboard. Although CentOS 7 is successfully a rebuild of Crimson Hat Enterprise Linux 7, to their customer support that seems to not rely.
If you wish to see the ASUS motherboard Linux assist listing, go to this ASUS.com PDF file.
On a lot of their motherboards they check Fedora, openSUSE, Crimson Hat (Enterprise Linux), and Ubuntu, however for a lot of of their desktop motherboards they might solely find yourself testing out one or two of those distributions. Moreover, they simply confirm the preliminary launch (or LTS) launch of a given distribution and never the most recent up-to-date variations. The motherboard listing additionally would not seem like utterly exhaustive as there are only a few Skylake boards presently listed on the web page.
So for those who plan on shopping for an ASUS motherboard and are nervous about having any technical assist from the corporate, be sure that your motherboard is on the listing and that you just intend to make use of one of many talked about Linux distributions or no less than keen to check out considered one of them in case you run into issues and need to contact customer support… In any other case they advocate you check out a supported model of Home windows, much like different motherboard distributors recommending you utilize Home windows to resolve Linux motherboard points.
For these trying towards desktop motherboard suggestions as a Linux person, as I’ve talked about various occasions, currently I have been shopping for a variety of MSI motherboards. Other than the truth that MSI has been sending out a variety of assessment samples lately for particular Linux testing at Phoronix, they’ve been engaged on UEFI/BIOS updating from the Linux desktop, have been very open and speaking with me about Linux on their merchandise, and so forth. Most motherboard distributors do not actually have a lot curiosity in any respect within the Linux desktop exterior of the server/workstation area. On a associated observe, if searching for Linux-friendly graphics card AIB companions, listed below are my suggestions.
