Re: [wlug] Where to buy and get good advice on computers which will operate with Ubuntu Breezy

Ian McDonald wrote:

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Looking on the net there seems to be some problems with the SATA harddrives and Ubuntu Which would you recommend SATA or PATA

SATA. I don't think there would be a problem with Ubuntu 5.10. Maybe they were more 5.04 problems.... Having said that once again I would ask retailer for right of return if a problem.

There will always be some issues with really new hardware and Linux distributions, although Ubuntu updates frequently enough that this won't be as bad as it used to be with Debian. I've not heard of any problems with SATA harddisks though - just SATA controllers. Best tip here is to look up the SATA chipset being used on the motherboard, and check to see if it is supported in Linux.