Re: First linux system - which hardware?

From: NgOnly (ng_at_nonoonon.ccc)
Date: 07/22/03 

Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 05:23:47 GMT

"David" <thunderbolt01@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:sm3Ta.116531$Ph3.14827@sccrnsc04...
> NgOnly wrote:
> > Since I am a complete newbie in this area, can somebody please help me
with
> > resources that could assist? Maybe there's a FAQ for "building your
first
> > linux machine"?
>
> What kind of power do you want it to have?
> PIII, P4, or DUAL XEON P4

> Is it going to be a game box or just used for browsing the web,
> sending/receiving e-mail and keeping your personal data on?
>
> Do you want capabilities to write CD's or DVD's?
> Do you have a dial-up or cable/DSL internet connection?
>
> You need to give more detail in what you are wanting.
> I just built 4 new boxes to keep from paying the M$ tax for
> software I'll never use.

I was thinking P4 but I am using PIII now and it works great. So maybe PIII.
I'd like to use it mostly to send email, browse, use OpenOffice and other
business applications, etc. Not a games machine. It would be nice to be able
to install some app that I want to without worrying about whether I have
enough resources to handle it.

I'd like to have a CD reader, possibly a CD writer. Don't need a DVD burner.

I use DSL with my current machine, so it would be nice if I could use a
Linksys router I have to connect the Linux box to the DSL, if that's
possible.
I'd like 256 - 512 Megs RAM and a decent videocard. I currently use an ATI
All in Wonder Radeon with 32 Megs RAM (which is now outdated), so something
like that would be good. I have a few perfect-working-order 7200 RPM 30Gig
HD's lying around (Seagate, WesternDigital and Maxtor) and I'd like to use 2
of those. They all have some previous Windows 2000 images on them now.

Thanks.

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