On Mon July 17 2006 10:53, Jimbo wrote: > I am compiling a list of items to make a nice computer. I want to make > this pc so it can also run linux. The biggest problem I have faced is > making hardware work in linux. > > Raid, wireless broadband, dvd and, most important, high end games is what > this system is being built for. Buzzwords like dual core, sli and 8.1 want > to be implemented. Amd and nvidia will be focused on. I have a 3k budget > so I don't have to scrimp however there is no way that I am going to buy a > $1000 processor. The one I want cost $600 which gives some indication of > the system that I want to build. > > I have suse linux ver. 10 that I have dabbled with. User friendly for a > mechanic like me but have seen abundance praise about debian. Don't want > to, nor do I have a need to compile kernals and spend hours tweaking an os > just to make it work. Will debian do this for me? Is it packaged like > suse? The package systems are rather different. SUSE uses RPM (Redhat Package Manager) while Debian has its own system based on dpkg and apt-get I used to run SUSE and then about three years ago I switched to Debian. One thing I like about Debian is it is oriented to the online world. If you have a high speed internet connection, it is very convenient. I always felt that SUSE was more oriented to their CD ROM sets. They do provide some online updates but I could never get any decent download speed off their servers. You didn't say if you are considering 64bit or not. (AMD64 or Intel's EMT) I have AMD64 on my laptop and my impression is that it was a lot more hassle to install than the x86 version. (Of course you can just stick the 32bit OS on your 64bit machine. As far as Nvidia, I have an Nvidia based video card and installing the Nvidia proprietary drivers was not hard. You will want the proprietary drivers to get 3D acceleration for games.
Richard Harke > Don't want to bog this down so I will conclude this now. Any imput from > this group is much appreciated. > > Jimbo > (I'm not a mechanic; just play one in a computer game :P) > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
