Colin Dean wrote: > Jaqui Greenlees wrote: >> * 512MB DDR-II PC4200 RAM > > You're definitely going to want to add another 512 MB stick.
Why? I run Beryl on X on Nvidia in just 256Mb, FireFox, OpenOffice and other desktop apps, have Apache, PHP, MySQL, SSH running too, and it's fine... I don't think Linux is a memory hog like some other operating systems I can think of. It compiles apps reasonably fast too! Having said that of course, it would never hurt to have more RAM ;-) > >> * ASUS Nvidia 6200TC/64256/ 256MB PCI-E >> ( change this because of spotty nvidia support for >> linux ) > > I was under the impression that nVidia's Linux support trumps all of its > competitors, as both the open source and binary drivers are far superior > to the ATI ones. Has that recently changed? Same here. I think Nvidia's Linux support is far more up-to-date, active and supported than other graphics card vendors. I wasn't sure about your Dual Core 2800+ though... In the UK that processor doesn't exist (and I'm not sure it ever did...). The lowest X2 is the 3800 which is now available in an Energy Efficient (<65W TDP) package for about £90 inc. VAT. I am guessing that a 2800+ in the AM2 package will be a Sempron - they sell for about £25.00 here but are the slowest/Cheapest processor they do. Rather than spending the extra on RAM, upgrade the processor... :-) Cheers Al -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
