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.

  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    Yup. I got an x370 board from them when Ryzen first launched, and they were one of the first to support the 5000 series CPUs, and I was able to upgrade to a 5600. I ended up moving it to be my NAS, and it’s running my old 1700.

    I’ve had no problems with that board, and I ended up getting another ASRock for myself and the only issue was the WiFi, which I replaced and I’m golden again.

    When looking for motherboards, they’re my first choice now.