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Re: New Computer for Linux OS
On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Casey Boone wrote:
>
> hard drive: stay away from seagate unless its a seagate barracuda. im a fan
> of western digital, but others like matrox. you probably should stick with
> one of these 2 brands.
Matrox makes HDD now? heh. You mean Maxtor? :D
>
> sound card: sblive (as much as i absolutely hate creative labs and their
> inability to write decent stable drivers to save their lives)
Yup, I have one of these. It works well with Linux.
>
> any keyboard and any mouse will do, stick with ps2 style though, less
> trouble usually (unless you just want that usb kb+mouse)
Get on ebay and get a Silicon Graphics PS2 keyboard. They rule. And
Logitech rules your mouse-using life.
>
> any ide cdrom drive will do: sony, mitsumi, creative
>
I've never had problems with any CDROM I've owned, so I don't have much
input here.
> i rather like 3com network cards, but realtek 8139 cards are also well
> supported. im a big fan of netgear fa311 and fa312 but i honestly dont
> recall if they are supported under linux or not.
>
Netgear FA311 is supported, but requires the natsemi.c kernel module,
which can be found here:
http://www.scyld.com/network/ethercard.html
3com cards are good too.
> either go with an external modem (if you need one, i use a zoom v.92
> external on my dialout internet sharing box, works quite nice) or check
> www.linmodem.org (or .com or .net whichever it actually is) for modems to
> use.
>
USR external modems are very nice :D
Koree
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: silug-discuss-owner@silug.org
> [mailto:silug-discuss-owner@silug.org]On Behalf Of KoReE
> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 1:24 PM
> To: silug-discuss@silug.org
> Subject: Re: New Computer for Linux OS
>
>
> Be careful on this one. I love the local shops that build their own
> systems. But, they many times use inferior parts. Shuttle boards,
> gigabyte, etc. Those boards aren't terrible, but they're not worth your
> money in my opinion. Also, generic chipset video cards (such as trident),
> generic ethernet cards, etc. Once again, for a standard home system for a
> standard user, that stuff is okay, but for just a few bucks more, you can
> get far superior parts. Make sure you tell them what you're doing, and
> even further, do some research, and have a list of manufacturers and
> models of the parts you want.
>
> Koree
> ____________________________________
> Koree A. Smith | Ameth Technologies
> koree@koree.net | koree@ameth.org
> http://www.koree.net/
>
> "With my feet upon the ground I move myself
> between the sounds and open wide to suck it in,
> I feel it move across my skin.
> I'm reaching up and reaching out,
> I'm reaching for the random or what ever will bewilder me.
> And following our will and wind we may just go where no one's been.
> We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been."
>
> On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Casey Boone wrote:
>
> > another thing you can look at is getting a built system without an
> operating
> > system from a smaller time computer shop. chances are decent that someone
> > working there knows somewhat about linux. they can put a system together
> > that should be linux friendly.
> >
> > or you can get your parts through them and see if one of the techs will
> help
> > you put it together after hours (if you have never built one before).
> > sometimes they will help you in exchange for getting food out of the deal
> :)
> >
> >
> > Casey
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: silug-discuss-owner@silug.org
> > [mailto:silug-discuss-owner@silug.org]On Behalf Of Danny Southard
> > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 12:39 PM
> > To: silug-discuss@silug.org
> > Subject: Re: New Computer for Linux OS
> >
> >
> > I like the idea of building one from scratch--and will look into it this
> > evening. RH's 7.2 OS makes life much easier than the older 6X versions I
> > used when first learning Linux (and still am learning).
> >
> >
> > >From: KoReE <koree@ameth.org>
> > >Reply-To: silug-discuss@silug.org
> > >To: silug-discuss@silug.org
> > >Subject: Re: New Computer for Linux OS
> > >Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 20:50:29 -0500 (CDT)
> > >
> > >On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, Danny Southard wrote:
> > >
> > > > with Red Hat's HCL--any suggestions? I'm looking at an HP (all
> > > > preinistalled) with around a 40 GB and 128MB of RAM, running around
> 1.2
> > >GB
> > > > processor. Any suggestions? It doesn't need to be specifically HP,
> > >just
> > > > seems to be more abundant (but not necessary more Linux friendly)...
> > >
> > >
> > >Have you ever built your own PC? That's what I'd stick with. I'd rather
> > >anally ingest epoxy than buy an HP, or a Compaq, etc, and there are
> > >reasons for that which I will not get into here. I agree with Nate,
> > >unless you go terribly high-end, name-brand PCs are usually not the way
> to
> > >go. This has to do mostly with scalability, but also many times includes
> > >the tendency of name brand systems to include either on-board or inferior
> > >parts. I'm not sure what Red Hat's HCL is, as I don't really pay much
> > >attention to them any more, but I'm guessing it's some sort of standard.
> > >I'd suggest looking at the Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO, and buying
> > >parts from www.pricewatch.com, or something of that nature.
> > >
> > >If building a system does not seem palatable to you, maybe Steve will
> give
> > >you a quote on a new system. I doubt he'll sell you something that isn't
> > >Linux-friendly :D
> > >
> > >BTW, the only brand-name PC I've ever bought was a Dell Poweredge server
> > >that our company voted on. It runs Windows 2000, and in comparing all of
> > >the name-brand servers, Dell seemed to be the one I wanted to go with.
> > >Dell also does pre-installed Linux (or used to, anyway), but what fun is
> > >pre-installed Linux? :D
> > >
> > >Koree
> > >
> > >____________________________________
> > >Koree A. Smith | Ameth Technologies
> > >koree@koree.net | koree@ameth.org
> > > http://www.koree.net/
> > >
> > >"With my feet upon the ground I move myself
> > >between the sounds and open wide to suck it in,
> > >I feel it move across my skin.
> > >I'm reaching up and reaching out,
> > >I'm reaching for the random or what ever will bewilder me.
> > >And following our will and wind we may just go where no one's been.
> > >We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been."
> > >
> > >
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