On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 20:50, Kenneth wrote: > I am thinking about buying a new computer and I want to make sure > I get one that is highly Linux compatible. The only dedicated Linux > computers I see for sale are usually failry low end or comparatively > expensive workstations. > > This model HP from Best Buy costs about about $650 with 512MB PC2700 DDR > SDRAM, 160GB hard drive and just about everything but the kitchen sink. > > Hewlett-Packard Pavilion Desktop with AMD Athlon™ XP Processor 3000+ > > Model: a706n > > A dedicated Linux workstation from LAC computers with an AMD Athlon XP > 2600 Processor has 512MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM and a 120GB drive, a Radion > 92000 Graphics Card, ( which I already have )DVD/CD RW and practically > nothing else. With > shipping this will cost me close to $1000.00. > > In short, to buy a quality dedicated Linux machine, I will have to > pay at about $350.00 dollars more!!! If the HP mass market models > have decent motherboards (chipsets compatible with the Linux 2.6 > kernal), the choice is a no brainer as I am just a recreational > computer user who does a little hobby programing. > > Does anyone have any experience with the specic HP model mentioned > above, or have any comments about the Linux compatibilty of the HP > mass market computers?
I'd imagine that they're fairly low-end because the XP user need higher spec - saw an email yesterday from a guy who's running linux on a 386 laptop. probably not using a GUI, though. 8-) Looked at the HP site specs of the Pavilion, and the only thing you might have a problem with is the modem, apart from that there's nothing I would worry about. http://www.linuxcompatible.org/compatibility.html gives compatability on individual items, but not systems. HP sell business machines & servers with linux installed so it might be worthwhile emailing their support. -- prm --
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