Yes. Didn't some one here just find a $40 graphic card? For $30 more you get an entire computer with better graphics. I think you just search for couple keywords "fanless" and "intel" and yo get something that works and uses little energy.
The other option if you are looking to save is to buy an entire WORKING PC. Not parts, not a PC that only needs one more part but one that yu KNOOW will boot and run the live CD. You can get these for as low as $70. But as soon as yu start trying to get an odd assortment of 10 and 12 year old PC parts to work together you'v got a time sink. And a money sink too if yu have to buy even one new part. I use Pi3 and BBB and even smaller computers but those are for battery powered projects. If you have access to AC mains power you can get better performance from the fanless type PC mainboard. No magic is being fanless except that it proves the CPU is not using much power. Add a fan if you like. On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 8:31 AM, Dave Cole <linuxcncro...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't think you are saving time or money using old hardware. > What about this? $70. > The J1900 CPUs are known to work well with LinuxCNC. > If you search the list I think you will see several references to them. > https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157497 > I have a server running a J1900 with Ubuntu 12 LTS and it installed with > zero issues. Its been running for a few years now. > There is a reason why old PCs go cheap.. > I would use a Pico power supply with it and a small SSD. I have found the > PICO power supplies (the real ones, not the clones) to be more reliable > than conventional power supplies. > I can get 2-3 years out of conventional power supplies when run 24x7, but I > have yet to have a failure with a Pico and I have installed several over the > last 5+ years. I don't know why. > > Dave > > On 10/18/2017 4:49 AM, Lester Caine wrote: >> >> On 18/10/17 07:46, John Dammeyer wrote: >>> >>> I think this thread says it all about this particular GeForce MX 440 and >>> Linux. I tried apt-get for envyng-gtk and it no longer exists. >>> https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1029381 >>> But it looks like back in 2009 there wasn't a lot of support from NVidia >>> for this board. I wonder why it works so well with Knoppix? >> >> I'd had to swap my multihead Nvidia card to an AMD based one to get >> things working with OpenSUSE ... Still problems getting a reliable cross >> screen desktop, but seems to be better support on SUSE for the AMD based >> cards. When a recent update wiped the setup, help from the suse forum >> gave a boot fix to restore operation. As I said, the days of VGA cards >> that just worked even on multiscreen is long gone :( >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
