Which CPU to use with UBUNTU

[Victor Padro]

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Victor Padro<vpadro at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 7:04 PM, Don Jungk<multi at flippingdades.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I'm getting ready to buy a new computer and I'm planning to run Ubuntu (I have
>> CD for 8.04.2)
>>
>> I'm in Mexico where the "brand name" computers are a bit expensive and so I
>> will probably get one put together in the computer store. I have a choice of
>> CPUs.
>> Nothing I will be doing on the computer is particularly CPU-intensice, I'm
>> only asking about compatibility with Ubuntu.
>> Intel Dual Core E5200
>> Intel Core 2 Duo
>> Intel Core 2 quad
>> Several AMD chioces
>>
>> Also, any particular video card to choose or to avoid?
>>
>> Any thoughts on this will be appreciated.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Don
>>
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>
> I live in Mexico too, so here are some suggestions:
> AMD Processors are quite fast under Linux
> Intel Processors are best supported in Linux
> Intel Chipset: G31, G45, P45, P43, P35
> AMD Chipset: 690G, 780G
> nVidia Chipsets: nForce 430, nForce 630a
> stay away from Ati cards, they cost much trouble sometimes, I prefer
> nVidia cards(8800GT/GS, 9500GT, etc.)
>
> My mainboards are:
> Asus P5KPL-CM (Intel)
> Asus P5K SE/EPU (Intel)
> Gigabyte GA-P43-ES3G (Intel)
> Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-US2H (AMD)
> MSI G45M (Intel)
> Intel D946GZIS (Intel)
>
> Saludos.
>
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> //Netbook - HP Mini 1035NR 2GB 60GB - Windows XP/Ubuntu 9.04
> //Desktop - Core 2 Duo 1.86Ghz 8GB 500GB - Windows 7(testing)
> //Desktop - Core 2 Duo 2.40Ghz 8GB 320GB - MacOS Leopard
> //Desktop - Athlon 64 2.7Ghz 8GB 400GB - Ubuntu Jaunty
> //Server - Pentium D 3.2Ghz 8GB 1TB - Debian Lenny
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Forgot to tell you, I use Core 2 Duo, Pentium D(old), and AMD Athlon processors.

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//Netbook - HP Mini 1035NR 2GB 60GB - Windows XP/Ubuntu 9.04
//Desktop - Core 2 Duo 1.86Ghz 8GB 500GB - Windows 7(testing)
//Desktop - Core 2 Duo 2.40Ghz 8GB 320GB - MacOS Leopard
//Desktop - Athlon 64 2.7Ghz 8GB 400GB - Ubuntu Jaunty
//Server - Pentium D 3.2Ghz 8GB 1TB - Debian Lenny
//Server - Celeron 1.8Ghz 1GB 160GB - Pfsense
//Server - NSLU2 266Mhz 32MB 1TB - Debian Lenny