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I'm investigating for a new gaming PC with the following requirements:
- small form factor
- running Linux, with no OS pre-installed
- with at least moderate gaming ability
- silent - I've ended up discarding this one, too difficult/expensive to achieve. Replaced with "not too noisy"
The new Kaby Lake Zotac EN1060 seems to be a perfect choice... but I still don't know if it can run Linux out of the box. I've found nothing on Zotac website, nor on the Internet. Is it really possible that no one tried running Linux on it?
I believe the odds must be high, but I don't want to take any chance with a 1500€ purchase...
Have you ever came across a review of this barebone from a Linux user?
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Their steammachine is supposedly same hardware as the earlier EN970 series, and very silent according to reviews, but maybe to dated for you. That they don't have a newer version of that comparable to the EN1060 could mean that there are problems with Linux, or that the sales are so low that the different packaging isn't worth it.
Or they wait for Valve to finally update the nvidia driver in steamos and then they release a new steammachine based on the EN1060 hardware
Indeed, the EN970 is a good idea but is a bit too dated for me (I actually have other options in mind.)
I'll try investigating the compatibility with the Bluetooth and Wifi chips, but as I don't own Bluetooth devices and my PC will rely on a wire connection for networks, it's a non-issue.
Further investigations gave the following results:
* isn't it obvious that the Skylake and Kabylake chipset are supported?
* linux drivers for Realtech lan RTL8111G seem to exist:
http://www.realtek.com/Downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=13&PFid=5&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=fa
* linux drivers for Intel wifi AC3165 seem to exist:
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/network-and-i-o/wireless-networking/000005511.html
Are there other possible liabilities I should be aware of, or is everything fine?
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Never had Windows installed on my machine. :-)
This is pretty standard hardware as far as I can see, depending on the distro of choice the wifi "might" give you some headaches.