Re: advice for my new Linux workstation

I demand that neuneudr@xxxxxxxx may or may not have written...

I'm looking to build a new Linux system. I call it a 'workstation' because
I never play game on it, never connect speaker to it (I don't even
configure the sound), etc.

I'll ask a few questions because I'm a bit lost with all the technologies
that appeared in the last 3 years.

Before-last system was a Pentium 4 / Asus mobo / Kingston ram and is now
happy hosting my SVN server and burning backup DVDs.

I don't know how much electricity is normally munched by that P4 box, but I
have some rough measurements from an old PII box and its replacement, which
has an Atom 330. They use 43W & 41W respectively when idle, and up to 70W &
45W under load. It would be worth you measuring what that P4 uses; it's
probably more...

[snip]
Also, would you recommend 32 bit + PAE or 64 bit kernel ?

amd64, definitely.

Can a 'cheap but reliable' (for workstation use, not server use) that
supports up to 16GB or ram be build today and would latest Debian Linux
allow me to easily use these 16 GB?

I would expect so (but pick any two from cheap, reliable and fast).

Remember that you can do an i386 install and still have a 64-bit kernel (so
long as you install linux-image-$VERSION-amd64).

[snip]
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| Darren Salt | linux at youmustbejoking | nr. Ashington, | Doon
| using Debian GNU/Linux | or ds ,demon,co,uk | Northumberland | Army
| + http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/

If it works, rip it apart and find out why.
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