Stefano, I second the previous posts. Essential is a solid NVIDIA graphics card - quadro or geforce and not something low end. Vendors don't matter so much, we use both Dell and Hp and both are fine (essentially the same hardware inside).
Also, linux version doesn't matter. We use both Suse and Ubuntu (and, yes, you can have a root account on Ubuntu, just use the "sudo su" command to log in as root, set a password, and Bob's your uncle). For laptop, I recommend the Dell precision portable workstation in i5/nvidia configuration. For desktop, I recommend HP proliant quad-core servers with a third-party nvidia graphics card. Avoid AMD hardware - often the linux drivers aren't stable. Feel free to contact me if you would like more specifics. --Paul --- On Tue, 10/12/10, Benini Stefano (P) <[email protected]> wrote: From: Benini Stefano (P) <[email protected]> Subject: [ccp4bb] which Linux workstation for crystallography to buy? To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 4:28 AM Dear All, I need to buy a Linux workstation to run crystallographic software and graphics like ccp4, mosflm, coot., etc., Could you please suggest me a good combination of hardware and which linux operating system to install (ubuntu?)? I can spend about 1500€ Technology evolves so fast that I really want to be up to date not to be already late! Thank you very much in advance Stefano Stefano Benini, Ph.D. Assistant Professor http://pro.unibz.it/staff2/sbenini/ **************************** Bio-organic Chemistry Laboratory Faculty of Science and Technology Free University of Bolzano Piazza Università, 5 39100 Bolzano, Italy Office (room K2.11): +39 0471 017128 Laboratory (room E.012): +39 0471 017901 Fax: +39 0471 017009 ***************************
