[ckrles01]

I read the whole thread, but since I wasn't totally sure about compatibility I wanned to ask you. The point is that only gigabyte states (in red fonts) Linux support on its website. That was my doubt. So, which j1800 or J1900 board would you recommend? Asrock, msi, gigabyte, biostar, asus? Perhaps biostar and msi would be the cheapest.

Could you recommend me one arranging them in order of preference?
Thank you very much.

Being the Asroc Q1900-ITX user I can really recommend it - it offers some features that other BayTrail mobos do not, such as 16gb ram support, 1.5V ram support, s/pdif out, 4 SATA ports and so on. The price is also very good. I have not had any BIOS or other issues with it so far.

Lewzer, what os are you running? Ubuntu 14.04 lts. Is there any that doesn't work well in ubuntu?

I intend to buy it from my local shop. In case I can't get it, do the other j1800 and j1900 (except gigabyte prior to bios update) allow us to install ubuntu 14.04 lts?

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You won't have any luck with Ubuntu 12.04. libva too old, gpu drivers too old, no hw acceleration. Kernel too old, no hd audio.

Not sure what "zorin" does differently this time (most likely a fancy wallpaper), which is not relevant for a htpc installation. Use a minimal 14.04 with all updates.

Thank you. It is good to know that 12.04 won't provide the expected results with this mobo. I'll go for 14.04.

I don't know what zorin does, I just like the interface with my favourite theme. I only know that zorin 6 iso is about 500mb larger than ubuntu 12.04. I don't know why.