Motherboard (ROG STRIX B760-I GAMING WIFI) compatibility with latest Linux distros

[tom3f]

Hello, I would like to build new PC as my Pentium G4500 has not enough performance. Since I am Linux only user I need new hardware to be compatible with at least latest distributions. My primary use-case is programming, virtualization, docker and similar.  I am not interested in overclocking or gaming.

Does anybody have experience with this motherboard ?

ROG STRIX B760-I GAMING WIFI https://rog.asus.com/motherboards/rog-strix/rog-strix-b760-i-gaming-wifi-model/

Together with:

• CPU: i5-14500
• Memory: Kingston FURY 32GB KIT DDR5 4800MHz CL38 Beast Black (KF548C38BBK2-32)
• SSD: WD BLACK SN850X NVMe 1 TB

I need at least LAN, SoundCard, USB and USB-C ports, Integrated GPU, M2 ssd to work perfectly with no performance penalty.

Wifi and bluetooth is not needed but it would be nice if it works too. Until now I only found single compatibility report online which was not great but it was more than six months old. I will be using only latest linux so I need compatibility with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS or Fedora 40 and newer. Can anybody help me figure out if this motherboard will work ?

Thank you.

 

[goatedpenguin]

Your motherboard is fine. Linux has a wide support of drivers more than windows does. Just make sure to install regardless of your distro the nvidia proprietary driver if you have one.

[tom3f]

8 hours ago, goatedpenguin said:

Your motherboard is fine. Linux has a wide support of drivers more than windows does. Just make sure to install regardless of your distro the nvidia proprietary driver if you have one.

Well, from years of experience i can tell that linux has really good support of hardware but especially it lacks behind with latest hardware, since it always take a time for community to catch up. And this board has latest chipset, latest generation of CPU etc.

[goatedpenguin]

2 minutes ago, tom3f said:

Well, from years of experience i can tell that linux has really good support of hardware but especially it lacks behind with latest hardware, since it always take a time for community to catch up. And this board has latest chipset, latest generation of CPU etc.

Many people are using the same chipset as you with no problems.

[Ralphred]

14 hours ago, goatedpenguin said:

Many people are using the same chipset as you with no problems.

Yeah, 760's have been in since before 6.2, we are at 6.8 now, you'll be fine.

[tom3f]

thanks for both responses

[Ralphred]

Come back if you get stuck with firmware for wifi/bluetooth etc.

[tom3f]

Hello so I can happily report that it works just fine with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.

 

Sound: Works (Tested Line out for headphones)

Wifi: Works (I see low link speed only around 250Mb/s sometime jumps to 750Mb/s, router is capable of 867 Mbit/s)

Bluetooth: Works (tried bluetooth mouse)

Ethernet: Works (tried 1 gigabit)

iGPU: Works great

Overall performance is good, lm-sensors can recognize temperatures