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Which motherboard brands are the most libre and Linux friendly? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 16 hours ago by sith@lemmy.zip to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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I'm looking into buying a new system and I wonder which of all the mainboard manufacturers you recommend for Linux in general and gaming in particular? Which ones have the best Linux driver support and which ones publish open source drivers? Are AMD or Intel chipsets preferred?

Also general best bang for the buck recommendations are appreciated!

And yes, I have googled this and I have some ideas, but I'm interested in what my fellow Lemmies think. And I also want this information to be here on Lemmy instead of Reddit or AI generated blogs. If you feel offended by this, you're totally free to not reply and also down vote this post.

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[–] pogodem0n@lemmy.world 15 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (3 children)

I am not sure what makes a motherboard Linux-friendly... I guess fwupd integration with LVFS would be nice? Still, I am happy with my MSI B650 Tomahawk, since I can just put the latest firmware into an exFAT formatted thumb drive and update with it. All my laptops in the past had only supported firmware updates with Windows-only executables. I think I really should check out Framework for my next laptop.

[–] sith@lemmy.zip 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Having to use windows when upgrading firmware is very Linux unfriendly.

[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

In this regard, I think Gigabyte just has you put the firmware in some accessible location (like on a USB drive) and update from BIOS?

[–] Anafabula@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 15 hours ago

Every (non-laptop) motherboard I've ever had (Gigabyte, MSI, Asus) has that functionality

[–] DesolateMood@lemm.ee 8 points 15 hours ago

My mobo (asrock) does this as well, I just assumed it was the default for all of them

[–] unique_hemp@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Well, for example, my MOBOs Ethernet requires the Realtek out of tree drivers (at least it still did on 6.11), which don't always compile on the current kernel. Ironically, the WiFi works fine.

[–] pogodem0n@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

That's unfortunate. I got lucky with MSI.

[–] Manzas@lemdro.id 1 points 10 hours ago

Msi pro b650-s wifi also works great but my previous asus board was bad on all oses