Well you all know me, so no surprise: Kubuntu, either 8.04, or 8.10 would be my recommendation. Either of these distros will run nicely on low-end (~$399) laptops, or the higher-end machines as well. You can get an Acer or Compaq laptop with 2 GB ram, DVD burner, wireless g and ~120 GB disk for around $400.
You can also get an Intel dual core Dell with Ubuntu preinstalled for about $550: http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=dncwpl1&c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&kc=segtopic~linux_3x --Doug -- Doug Roberts, RTI International drobe...@rti.org d...@parrot-farm.net 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 10:22 AM, <rob...@cirrillian.com> wrote: > Well, my trusty Dell laptop HD has probebly died giving me an opportunity > to upgrade to the next best thing. The next best thing must still be a > laptop, runs Apache, MySQL and PHP, GIMP and screams, for minimum bucks, for > all round office use and web development. Is it a MacOSX, Windows XP/Vista > or Linux? Any thoughts to put in my note to Santa would be greatly > appreciated. > Happy Holidays > Robert C > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
