Question 1

Does this have a COM port?

Accepted Answer

No.  There are no serial ports on the board.

Question 2

What type of CPU cooling fan , can I use with this motherboard?

Accepted Answer

Usually it depends on your case as to what fan you can use. Use pcpartpicker dot com their compatibility filter is great. But if you don't want to go that route, most fans will work.

Question 3

Does this board work well with Linux (and particularly without non-free components)?

Accepted Answer

Not sure what you mean by "non-free" components, but Linux will run fine, barring the standard minor issues some may face, depending on your distro of choice, regarding AMD graphics. But it will run smoothly, no doubt. I've only had few issues with AMD and Linux and that was years ago. It's primarily just lack of a stable control panel for Linux, I believe, but there are ways to work around that. Nvidia has just had better Linux support for graphics.

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