[wellylug] Mini-ITX Motherboard

[Phillip Hutchings]

On 10/03/2005, at 8:58 PM, Jethro Carr wrote:

> hi all,
>
> I want to build a mini-itx system.

They're great, my server (runs irc.sitharus.com/#wellylug and a couple 
of other things) is an Epia CL 6000

> I've looked at EPIA motherboards, such as the VIA EPIA-M10000
> (http://www.ascent.co.nz/mn-product-spec.asp?pid=337147) but I have a
> few questions:
>
> - is the video card supported under linux? I've read conficiting
> information about this on the web.

Yes, works fine for 2D. It does have basic 3D iirc, but not under linux

> - does the hardware dvd decrytion mean that I don't need libdvdcss? 
> Does
> it work on Linux?

No need for libdvdcss, open source these days. 
http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=22&DSCat=29&DCatType=1

viaarena.com has a lot of information on Epia things.

> If anyone can direct me to some answers, or mention other mini-itx
> boards which can play DVD's without using the libdvdcss libary, it 
> would
> be really helpfull.


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Phillip Hutchings
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