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    First time building a Linux desktop, hardware selection

    Alexzee, Hi. So one of the first things I ended up doing was update grub. Didn't seem to have any affect. However, with that being said. I needed to figure out the whole keyboard during boot issue. So I figured my first stop was updating the bios for the motherboard. So I went through that...
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    First time building a Linux desktop, hardware selection

    Hey guys, so I ended up finally getting the hardware. The case was massive, so I ended up buying a midtower to throw everything in. Well, to keep it short I ended up having no issues. Everything booted up and connected right away. The GPU worked with no issues for both my monitors. Its not...
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    First time building a Linux desktop, hardware selection

    @atanere I like that. thank you kind of puts a new light on it. "A working computer is not your only goal...it is knowledge" I appreciate the perspective!!!! Linux Mint? I've always used Ubuntu, I know it appears to be the go to Linux dist for new uses. Can I ask why you suggest Linux Mint...
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    First time building a Linux desktop, hardware selection

    @Nik-Ken-Bah Hello, thanks for the welcome and insight. Yea it seems the NIC/ethernet adapter is the common thing I keep hearing about. As far as which adapter that it has. I think from my research is a realtek adapter. It seems to be referenced often, but no direct documentation that I can...
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    First time building a Linux desktop, hardware selection

    So as the title says, this is my first time building a Linux desktop. I've built about a dozen windows build over the years, but this will be my first Linux specific build. Im repurposing my brothers gaming PC, that he just upgraded. My question is geared more towards what I should replace and...
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