[ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Lucy]

On 13/12/2007, Kris Douglas <kris at softdel.co.uk> wrote:
> I'm not advertising against novatech, but some of the prices on there are
> much more expensive than www.Aria.co.uk, they're based in Manchester and
> have some good hardware prices (I'm not associated in any way, but i have
> never found anywhere with better prices for hardware, and because they
> include lots of specifics, you can see if the hardware is supported on
> Linux, like most of the Jetway motherboards don't work on Ubuntu for some
> odd reason...

I made the mistake of buying a pre-built system with a Jetway mobo
from Aria a few months back. I can say that while it definately runs
on Ubuntu I wouldn't recommend it. The machine kernel panics about
once a week and I had to take out half the ram just to get it to
recognise the hard drive. The ram problem is bios related and I'm
still waiting to hear back from Aria after a month! Next time I think
I'll go for self build again, seems to be less hassle :/

In spite of this, I would still recommend Aria as a company to buy from.