Re: linux friendly hardware inquiry/advise

2011-10-20 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:05:00 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: On 10/19/2011 11:28 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:24:37 +1000, yudi v wrote: Building a new PC, will be used for coding mostly, running 2-3 VMs simultaneously. Then -although you have not say any specific number- add

linux friendly hardware inquiry/advise

2011-10-19 Thread yudi v
Hi all, Building a new PC, will be used for coding mostly, running 2-3 VMs simultaneously. Debian Linux will be the host OS. I need some suggestions on Motherboards. Which manufacturer has good linux support? Will use Intel on board graphics. No gaming. will use couple of HD monitors. Thats

Re: linux friendly hardware inquiry/advise

2011-10-19 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:24:37 +1000, yudi v wrote: Building a new PC, will be used for coding mostly, running 2-3 VMs simultaneously. Then -although you have not say any specific number- add more ram (8 up to 24 GiB is a good starting point) ;-P Debian Linux will be the host OS. I need some

Re: linux friendly hardware inquiry/advise

2011-10-19 Thread Karl Vogel
On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:24:37 +1000, yudi v yudi@gmail.com said: Y Building a new PC, will be used for coding mostly, running 2-3 VMs Y simultaneously. Debian Linux will be the host OS. I need some Y suggestions on Motherboards. Which manufacturer has good linux support? The Ars

Re: linux friendly hardware inquiry/advise

2011-10-19 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 10/19/2011 11:28 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:24:37 +1000, yudi v wrote: Building a new PC, will be used for coding mostly, running 2-3 VMs simultaneously. Then -although you have not say any specific number- add more ram (8 up to 24 GiB is a good starting point) ;-P

Re: linux friendly hardware inquiry/advise

2011-10-19 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 10/19/2011 10:54 PM, yudi v wrote: 8-24GB? For a development box running 2-3 VMs? That's overkill. Let me explain. snip I think 8GB should give me enough room. Agreed. And it should only cost you about $40 USD for a dual channel kit. Now that's taken care of, moving on to