On 4/30/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Haifa guys Thanks for the replies that offered help, and to Alon Altman who went and solve the problem! As for this youth club, I got a small donation from a fund to purchase several computers (about 5 computers). As you can guess, I prefer to install Linux Ubuntu, and I wonder what computers to purchase. The target again is to run simple tasks like browser, low-end games, etc. So I think a simple PC will do.
Low-end is very subjective... I'll assume you mean games like the ones that come with Gnome (card games, Sudoku, etc.)
Any recommendation for HW to be used? - Motherboard is the most critical part here, from drivers' point of view. Any recommended vendor? I prefer AMD due to cost - any idea which specific CPU?
I really like ABit for motherboards. I'd especially recommend trying to get a fanless one - moving parts are a reliability issue. I have had good experience with AMD processors. See if you can still find 32-bit ones, as you will probably gain nothing from installing 64-bit Linux in this situation; partly due to the fact that many closed-source applications (notably Flash) are very difficult, if not impossible, to install on a 64-bit Linux platform.
- Memory: will 512MB be enough? Or shall I go directly to 1GB?
For the purposes you've described, 512MB is enough. Be sure to take it in one slot though, for an option to add more later.
- Hard drive: will SATA2 be a problem? (I prefer to save budget and stay with IDE, but I am not sure if I can find such). I guess 80GB is large enough for such application, right?
I don't know about SATA2, I've never tried... shouldn't be a problem. 80GB is certainly large enough as long as you don't intend to store massive amounts of media (music & movies).
- VGA and sound: on board or are you recommending a low-cost add on card
Not much of a reason to adding an external card here; External VGA cards are only helpful if you do high-end gaming (or in the absence of an on-board card), and external sound cards are mostly helpful for recording high-end quality sound.
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