thanks for the pointers. as a general rule:
1. is there any difference in functionality between the various AMD and intel processors? i.e., am i better off starting with one versus another? 2. is it worth getting a "fancy" 3d card (are they supported under linux) or is a plain-jane card good enough for 1280x1024x24bits. are any cards ATI or NVIDIA considered good or bad under linux? thanks! -rei ----- Forwarded message from Jeff Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- X-Original-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.1.1 Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 19:35:08 -0800 To: Rei Shinozuka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Jeff Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: hardware advice for a PC moron Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 1/16/2004 05:34 AM -0500, Rei Shinozuka wrote: >i'd appreciate advice as to how to best buy/build an intel/amd system and >build a linux workstation on top of. While I haven't bought a Linux box from them, I've had good success with hardware from Monarch Computer Systems and I believe they recently (Linux World 2003 @SF) won some award(s) on their Linux bundles. You can learn more at http://tinyurl.com/24kpl which redirects to http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=M&Category_Code=linuxsystems I've also heard good things about (but haven't personally dealt with) http://penguincomputing.com/ You may also want to check out some of the other Linux-oriented hardware vendor lists such as those found at: http://www.linux.org/vendor/system/ http://www.rice.edu/IT/hwsw/hardware/pclinux.html http://www.linuxhardware.net/cgi-bin/viewvendor.cgi http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Hardware/Systems/Linux/ Good luck! :) -- Jeff Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Rei Shinozuka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ridgewood, New Jersey - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
