Operating System Survey

[Ricardo2020]

ASUS.... Ah yes.

This workstation board is an excellent platform but the support is awful. ASUS had a lot of trouble with the BIOS on this one. The manual did not provide enough documentation and many system integrators were confused about the way one could do differing builds since all the features could not be enabled or used together. Many boards were returned which proved to be fine. Certain configurations simply would not work. ASUS did not make this clear, either in the manual or on their support pages. The issues were mostly PEBKAC (problem exists between keyboard and chair.)

Don't get me wrong. This board is an epic unit. When properly set up and tricked out, it is one of the best of its kind. There have been many good 'stations built around it. But it is a shame that one must run Microshaft stuff on it. I say Microshaft because their business model seems to revolve around AI and ads these days (the "shaft" part.) They are more interested in gaming and selling stuff through ads than actually giving customers what they really want. Take the control panel for example. Why does Microshaft let two CP's run, with one of them the old school panel with shit that points at the new school one which looks like a phone app that takes you to the web when you click help? What happens if you are not connected when you need help?

Recently, Gamer's Nexus investigated ASUS for their poor support and found many scammy items worthy of corporate scandal status. ASUS is still running away from this dumpster fire, but the OEMs are now well aware and the gripe machine is in full swing. MSI is doing a similar thing with the release of their Claw handheld PC which met with bad reviews from tech savvy folks.

Most back office servers run some flavor of penguin OS, including the shiny new ones just now going into the racks. It is fast and secure without ads. Windows is the exact opposite, with the added bonus of frequent borkage during updates, which are generally forced on end users unless the sysop enforces certain group policies.

As such, I tend to stay well away from stuff that is not supported on Linux. Scary stuff, that is... no matter how well it is made, and this mother you have linked to is a damn fine board.

My company prefers Gigabyte Technology, but it is not without faults...