Buying components for a new build - Linux

[buachille]

I'm thinking of building a new computer. It would be all separate parts picked from OCUK. No dual boot. The computer will run Linux only.

If you are buying new parts from OCUK it's pretty difficult to find reliable compatibility information online, as the parts are mostly too new to be listed anywhere.

What are other people's experiences. I'm guessing just about anything I buy will run Linux. I've actually never had a problem with a piece of hardware and Linux, but spending thousands on parts and finding that I was wrong would be painful !!

 

[buachille]

There's a small chance that some drivers for newest chips/controllers (e.g. sound, ethernet, wifi, bluetooth, etc) might not be bundled with the LTS versions of some distributions so you may need to manually install those, but these are minor things. I've been using Linux for over a decade and never had issues with anything that took more longer than half an hour to sort out.

Thanks. That's kind of what I thought, but I wanted to hear other people's experiences. I've only been on linux for 2 years so you have over 8 years on me, so it's good to hear what's happened with you in these situations.

I've never used an LTS distro (unless Mint is LTS - not sure). The machine I'd be replacing is on Manjaro anyway, so very fresh software. I'm actually astonished at how fast the rolling release cycle is. I get a lot of updates. Just had one this evening.

Many thanks.

 

[buachille]

Thanks to you both.

System is probably going to be AMD mobo, cpu, and gfx card. AMD open source their drivers so I'd rather build an AMD system, and I don't want nvidia graphics unless I have to. I've never had a problem with nvidia graphics cards, but AMD seem much more linux friendly.