I bought one of these Dragon mb's.  It's awesome!  The C-media 
sound stuff and the via-rhine network adapter are fully supported (at 
least under kernel-2.4.12.  It's very easy to overclock with it.

-- 
/* Greg Evans, Bloomington, MN., USA - gje at parrotheaven.com */
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"Beware when you do battle with monsters that you do not become one, and remember,
 when you stare long into the abyss, the abyss also stares into you"
 - F. Nietzsche

Austad, Jay [austad at marketwatch.com] wrote:
> Everything looks fine to me.  You should check out the Soyo Dragon board
> though.  Runs about $130.  It's black with purple pci slots!  6 usb ports (2
> onboard, 4 headers), 6 channel dolby digital onboard sound that's supported
> by linux (the company that made the chip distributes the source for the
> drivers and they are very full featured) SPDIF in/out and optical in and
> out.  Onboard sound usually sucks, but this onboard sound is sweet.  Onboard
> ethernet also which is supposed to work fine with linux.  6 ide channels (4
> of which are RAID capable).  Did I mention it's black?
> 
> A friend of mine bought one.  It runs win2k, but he says it's the best board
> he's ever owned (and he's had many).
> 
> Jay
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob W. Anderson [mailto:bobdove at pipeline.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 8:53 PM
> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> Subject: [TCLUG] new box compatability
> 
> 
> Hi:
> 
> I'm planning on getting a new computer and would appreciate any feedback
> re: the Linux compatibility of the hardware.
> 
> 	Athlon 1.2G-C CPU with K7S5a mb, heatsink, fan.
> 	512MB PC2100 DDR memory
> 	GeForce2 MX 400 64MB AGP Video card
> 	IBM 40G 7200 rpm HD
> 	Mid Tower ATX Case w/AMD approved 300w PS
> 
> Your comments please.
> 
> Bob W. Anderson
> Newport	
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