Help with building a pc for Ubuntu?

Question

My old windows PC is totaled. I've had little experience with Ubuntu, but I would like to build my next PC for Ubuntu in lieu of windows. I've been trying to find out what hardware is compatible with Ubuntu (ver. 9.10), but I've only come across vague answers or outdated information. I'm thinking about using an AMD Athlon II X2 250 processor and just building the rest of the PC around that (prolly 2 gb of ram). I typically don't do computer gaming or video editing, but I like to have the computing power available when I do something more intensive than web browsing. Any suggestions? What has worked for you?

Answer 1

Motherboard, cpu, ram, hard drives, optical drives are never a problem for ubuntu. The problematic components might be video, sound cards, camera, printers,wireless cards, and modems.

The first link claims to be up to date and specific to ubuntu. If you use the drop down list on the left "Find hardware that works out of the box:" you can find components that people have found and works out of the box.

The second link can provide more info about specific components.

Good luck

Answer 2

Ubuntu usually provides out-of-the-box support for most hardware. People have reported issues with certain sound cards. Just shop like your were building a windows PC. If you really are concerned just use a search engine to look-up if the specific item is compatible, if there is not information i think it would be safe to say that the hardware is compatible.



For the most part Ubuntu is a very compatible distribution of GNU/Linux

Answer 3

Most Linux distributions provide a partition/boot manager which install AFTER Windows has been installed and allow a dual-boot config. Windows does NOT do this natively (for Linux), but the Linux distribution will typically sense the presence of Windows and offer to DUAL-BOOT the config. Note: Make sure at LEAST Windows XP SP1 boot disk is used, prefer SP2 or SP3 to guarantee SATA compatibility across a wide range of motherboards. The BOOT DISK must be SP1 or later, not just the original XP disk. The drivers need to be slipstreamed into the XP distribution disk. The disk will be label "Windows XP with SP1"

Answer 4

I use Linux Mint, and Ubuntu



They don't demand much performance to be honest,

any minimal standards in todays market would suffice.

Built in video card in motherboard

2gb ddr2/ddr3

core 2 duo processor both cores at @ 1.73 GHz or more.

and a HDD of 30GB minimum would be more than enough.

and obviously your audio drivers

and wireless/Ethernet.