I'm sorry if i'm not explaining myself sufficently.
I have a spare W 98 se licence from a retired PC. It suffered multiple
failures when involved in an automobile accident. I still have the disks
though and will be using them.
W 98 se WILL be my primary OS. a) I have a licence b) I'm familiar with W 98
se and the issue is getting the best HARDWARE for FGv099. c) I don't want to
have to learn a new OS at the moment. Learning to fly a helicopter is far
more fun.
I have a limited amount of money for this new platform.
Yes, 80Gbyte is not 2x the price of a 40gbyte, but the extra 25% is money
that I could spend on Video RAM etc.
Yes, P3 is ancient, but is it sufficient ? I want to be able to run FGv099
at 30-60fps under 99% of scenarios, will a 1Ghz P3 do it?
I suspect that stressing this to my PC builder will remove the same "but if"
factor from their build.
IE I have $NZ700. This is the minimum spec.....any left over money will be
spent of these items in this order: Video processor, Video ram, CPU
processor, System RAM, HDD speed, HDD size
cheers
Dene
From: Vassilii Khachaturov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Flightgear-users] Optimum Hardware Platform.
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 11:55:44 +0200 (IST)
> > what brand of Linux?... I looked at a copy of Redhat Linux in the
local
> > computer shop and it cost $NZ129.
I would recommend Debian due to the ease of installation of the NV
accelerated drivers there (with the module-assistant utility),
from what I used it is the most user-friendly in the context
of FlightGear development/use (compared to Mandrake/Redhat/Fedora/Gentoo).
Gentoo is the best wrt flexibility, but if you want to start with smth
quickly w/o too much effort, it's not for you. No experience with SUSE
recent distros administration here, as you see in the above list :)
You can download and install Linux for free, absolutely legally.
However, some of the stores sell some linux distributions bundled
with support packages (e.g., some company guarantees you support of the
computer installation through the 1st month). I've got no experience
with this option myself.
Drive sharing for a local network windows users is going to be easy, just
install the samba-server package and follow the docs. There will be some
learning for sure, but since most of the developers are using Linux,
you'll have better support chances. Also, there are excellent mailing
list/irc support from virtually all the distributions' community.
> Since you are going to build a computer specifically for FlightGear, I
would
> definitely explore the linux option.
Seconded. Also, if you are totally lost where to look for help, ask
here on the flightgear-users and people will probably either help
right away or direct you to a more appropriate resource.
Finally, if somebody is BUILDING a custom workstation for you, try
asking them if they've got a Linux installation to put on it. Most
hardware folks I know will pre-install linux on your computer at
no extra cost. Furthermore, if you say you want linux compatibility
right away, this will ensure all the hardware is supported if whoever
is building you the workstation has got even minimal Linux experience.
HTH,
Vassilii
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