What is this word "blyad" that I keep hearing on those videos?

That's a good thing, too. I imagine that the airline could afford a bigger bribe than the dashcam driver.

Right, but it doesn't work out of the box. You and I are competent enough to handle that situation, but surely you don't expect the casual user to start downloading and compiling software on another computer just to install his OS, or even know how to figure out where the issue is.

$ sudo lshw -C network
    *-network
              description: Ethernet interface
              product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
              vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.

In any case, the crux of the issue is that the NIC in question does not work on any available Linux distro out of the box. Sure, I do happen to be competent enough to find X, compile Y, install Z, or swap component N. That is not the point, though. I turned to the Ask Slashdot community asking which motherboards don't need X found, or Y compiled, or Z installed, or N swapped. Because the next guy might not be as competent as you or I.

I'm really not looking for workarounds for any particular install. I'm looking for manufacturers to trust and to recommend.

Thanks. I actually could not get one locally for any reasonable price.

However, that is a red herring. The fact is that the motherboard in question, nor any other commonly-available budget motherboards, currently work with Linux out of the box.

Thank you, I have since found an Intel reseller. And I will be sure to let them know that it is due to Linux support that I am buying Intel.

Thank you. I do understand that Windows 7 is a decent OS. The origin of the issue is that some other users saw my KDE setup and they want KDE and X mouse pasting, not specifically Linux. Little things like window-on-top, mouse pasting, the terrific KDE panel, etc. There exist Windows alternatives, but none are as easy to use as real KDE on X.

Of course, they could live without that stuff and just use Windows. But that is another point. The issue here is that there are no viable motherboards on which to run Linux today, for whatever reason that one might want to run Linux. Of course I have a plan B (and plan C) for the office, but as a Linux user at home as well (where I won't move to Windows) the situation worries me.

Actually, that was me on the askubuntu forums.

As you've noticed, the driver is not in the mainline kernel. I am specifically looking for a motherboard with is supported out of the box by modern Linux distros.

Thanks. I didn't mention it because at the time of posting I was under the impression that the problem was not restricted to Israel and I didn't want to introduce a red herring for the trolls. Actually, with the help of some posts I've since found Intel boards available locally.

I live in Beersheba, Israel. I didn't mention it because at the time of posting I thought that they problem of no current Linux-friendly motherboards was not restricted to my locale (even if the situation in North America is different) so I didn't want to throw a red herring into the mix.

With the help of some helpful posts here, I have found Intel motherboards locally. Problem solved, Ask Slashdot to the rescue.

Thank you, I will take a look at Super-micro. I have now found an Intel board distributor locally too, so that may be my first choice.

Look here:
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8H61M_LX_R20/#specifications
http://il.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4143#sp

They will tell you that the board uses an "Atheros GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)" but they don't mention which driver it uses. Specifically, they won't mention "does not support legacy drivers".

Wouldn't surprise me. Here is the piece of garbage, if you're interested:
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8H61M_LX_R20/

Note that there isn't even a PCI slot to plug a different network card into!

The motherboard that was purchased had no PCI slot, why deride me for that fact:
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8H61M_LX_R20/

Deride Asus instead. In fact, that is the whole point of this thread: If Asus can no longer be trusted, which motherboard manufacturers can?

Pretty much for KDE and X mouse pasting. There are some mouse pasting solutions for Windows, but none are as good as X. Furthermore, I rely very heavily on many of KDE's small but useful features, such as Keep on Top functionality, the wonderful panel configuration, and some other small features. They add up.

Not at all. Everyone already has a Windows computer and now that a new office is opening some people want to use the features that they see me using. This is a case of people wanting to use specific features that they cannot get on Windows, not of some fosstard pushing his ideology on others. Its not even about the cost or security of Windows.