On 02/19/2011 06:58 PM, sh4r4d@gmail.com wrote:
I wanted general purpose regular desktop for programming, internet, GNU/Linux with common servers dovecote, tomcat, apache etc
Probably a socket AM2+ board will be best for you if you want to run coreboot.
The Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H is the only AM3 board supported. Someone recently had a problem getting it to run, but at worst, it needs a bit of tweaking. It has a COM port header, so we can use that to debug if something may not be working. It doesn't include the adapter for the com port, but that should be cheap to get.
http://www.coreboot.org/GIGABYTE_GA-MA785GMT-UD2H
The board has 4 hardware versions, so you may encounter issues depending on which version you get. I'd definitely suggest AM3 versus the older AM2/AM2+.
You can also pick your favorite board and port it (which we'd all love :p ).
Alex