Building server from scratch...maybe, ensure everything is compatible with Kubuntu

[Guest]

Currently running an old HP workstation with Kubuntu / windows xp. This is being used as a fileserver.

We have decided to upgrade this box, thinking about building server from scratch with no window os. How do I find out if everything I get is compatible with Kubuntu. Is there somewhere I can look everything up to ensure it will work?

Also looking at boxes complete with no OS. Since box is just being used as simple file server for now, trying to find something around 300 or so.

[oshunluvr]

The only way to be 100% sure is testing or previous owners reports. IMO, most of the "tricky" hardware - sound, video, wireless - isn't really useful in a pure server anyway. I would start by deciding what you're going to do with it then picking either known working hardware or something not too new.

My server (media, torrents, printers, scanners, dlna, nfs, samba) is a cheap Mini-ITX Atom based mobo with cheap RAM and 6TB hard drive space (so far). Everything I need to do works well.

[Guest]

Looking at the Fujitsu PRIMERGY tx100 s2.
sound, video and wireless not issue, using it jsut as a stable file server.

[oshunluvr]

That's quite a powerful machine for a home file server. What are you going to have to pay for it? The good news is it appears Fujitsu mentions linux in their promotional material. I woudl thus assume the hardware is linux compatible.