Best Mobo to get for Linux 2.4.x

If you don't want to answer this, then just ignore it, but help would be greatly appreciated.

I'm expecting to sell my system soon and then buy a new system.

My current vendor is micropro.com (yes. restricting, but let's just say that my dad is paying for it, and this is his current vendor)

Looking for an AMD T-Bird 1.2 GHz.

I need suggestions on which mobo to get.

I'm assuming that there is no support for the ALi MAGiK1, so my options are limited to the VIA KT{133,266}or the AMD 760, and unfortunately as of today, my vendor doesn't have any mobos w/ the KT266.

Oh well, that's life.

As I can only use one vendor, and _can_ customize but not build my own from scratch, I have only a few options.

DDR
IWill KA266
Asus A7A266

straight 266FSB
IWill KK266-PLUS
Abit KT7A
Asus A7V-133

TIA
Adam

[much snippage]

I've been running the A7A266 w/ PC133 for a few months, and am very happy with it. (It is supposed to support DDR too, but I have not tried it.)

A bit pricey for a m.b., but it works.

FWIW, it uses the ALi M1647 north and ALi M1535D+ south. The kernel mis-recognizes the latter as a ALI15X3, but it still works.

And since we're on the subject (again), I'll mention (again) that I have a couple of bogo-howtos for this board at
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/bdbryant/howtos/hardware/asus-a7a266/.

Good luck,

Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas

p.s. - Browse the archives carefully before buying any Athlon m.b. with a VIA chipset.