Thank you. I will be buying the processor that fits whatever motherboard is worthy, not the other way around this time.

I wish that I could order from Newegg, but due to thieves in customs I must purchase locally.

I wish that I could order from Newegg, but due to thieves in customs I must purchase locally. On my last trip to the US I did stock up on hardware!

That is the case probably due to my efforts with this board several months ago. At the time, this was not the case.

The motherboard didn't even have a PCI slot (ASUS P8H61-M LX) and not a single local vendor had a PCI-E network card. I could have ordered one for more money than the motherboard cost.

I know how unusual it is to even imagine that the NIC would not be supported at least in some legacy 10 MBit mode, alas it was not. For some reason the driver is still not in the mainline kernel, see here:
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/alx

Thanks. My last install was with an Asus P8H61-M LX, and the onboard NIC required a driver that is not in the mainline kernel. Worse, it was self-reporting as a NIC that is supported, so finding the problem was very difficult. I had completely discounted Asus but I will take another look at the board that you mention.

Thank you! I specifically asked Asus support for such a list and they could not furbish one. Terrific!

The problem is not the chipset, but rather the peripherals. Specifically, the NIC. Also, UEFI may be problematic.

Thank you. I haven't come across an Intel branded board, ever, but I will try to shop around and see if they are available.

I have tried. Nobody here knows what Linux is, probably because they will pirate Windows for you right in the store.

Unfortunately importing a System76 machine is prohibitively expensive. I do need to build my own box, which is usually not a problem but we happen to be in a 'dark age' of Linux support from motherboard manufacturers right now.

Submitter here.
Asus P8H61-M LX

Thank you, I have already tried that. The list is completely out of date and only seems to list full systems. Try searching for Asus or Gigabyte and see that there are no results.

Thank you! I will take a look at that board and at other MSI boards.

I'm not sure that I follow you. My last Asus motherboard install (about four months ago) did not support Linux due to the NIC reporting as the wrong model, and the right model's driver is not included in the mainline kernel. None of the currently available motherboards make the NIC model available before purchase (after purchase I can simply run lspci) and I know that the issue exists.

Furthermore, I'm asking about which motherboard manufacturers are Linux friendly as all the major manufacturers seem to be hostile. The landscape has been swept from under our feet in the past year (1000 MBit ethernet NIS, UEFI, etc.) and finding Linux-compatible equipment is becoming problematic. Our experience from years past is no longer valid.