Motherboard/Linux recommendation for an i7-860 running Xen?

[Gerry Hull]

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From: Gerry Hull <gerry.hull at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 2:13 PM
Subject: Motherboard/Linux recommendation for an i7-860 running Xen?
To: gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org


Hey All,

I have a friend who just went through a nightmare trying to get his
i7-860 running Windows 7/64 or Windows Vista/64 on a Asus
motherboard...  Thing would lock-up randomly, and tech support was no
help.

He is also a linux fan, and is thinking of putting Xen on the box
instead...  He is actually on the way to return the Asus to
MicroCenter in Cambridge... and is going to get another i7
motherboard.

Has anyone had any experience with an i7 system and any of the retail
motherboards out there?

Which Linux is the best choice for a Host OS?

Thanks,

Gerry