On Sat, 2009-01-10 at 12:14 -0800, Lan Barnes wrote: > <top posting because you did>
Mea culpa. Mea maxima culpa. In particular because top posting is a Coproate Abomination. > I can't make any recommendation without knowing what he's trying to do of > what his level of expertise is. > > If he's a newbie, by response is, less is more. Linux gets the most out of > old HW. I've made really responsive Linux servers at work out of old > secretaries' desktops. And whatever you do, if you develop it on junk, it > will transfer to better HW later. Using less for a development machine > actually encourages tight development. > > That said, if I'm doing C/S, even though I know it can be developed on > 127.0.0.1, I like to have a second machine (on a crossover if I don't have > a hub) just to make sure I keep it clean. And if he's doing actual cluster > programming, he should have a cluster, even if it's 2 discarded 286s. > > Oh, and on flavors of Linux, same deal. The business world (USA) thinks > (erroneously) that Linux == RHEL, so CentOS is a good choice. Europe, I > understand, feels almost the same way about SuSE. China supposedly touts > Red Dragon, etc etc etc. My advice is, go with the distro your customer > base is going to honor. Why lose the deal because they scream "Commie" > when they see Debian (or "sell out!" when they see RH)? > > Most beginners spec their Linux needs WAY too high. With HD space being a > possible exception, you can really get away with a lot less, especially in > the development environment. > > Maybe if your pal posted directly we could explore his underlying needs > and make intelligent recommendations. If I may venture a guess ... statistical processing of HUGE amounts of stock market information using advanced numerical methods. Too bad the @mail.sifter.org mail will probably bounce. Christoph > On Sat, January 10, 2009 11:57 am, Christoph Maier wrote: > > Since I'm just using Linux (ubuntu 8.04 on a Dell D820 laptop), > > the following is out of _my_ depth ... but Here Be Gurus, I heard. > > > > Christoph > > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > >> From: Alan Nash <[email protected]> > >> To: Programming <[email protected]> > >> Subject: [programming] Looking for a powerful linux PC > >> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:01:56 -0500 > >> > >> I need to get a reasonably state of the art linux PC with dual screen > >> setup, big HD (at least 2 or 3), and lots of CPU power. Any > >> recommendations on where to look? Also, in the past I have used Red > >> Hat. Any recommendations on flavors of Linux? > >> > >> I may also be looking into building a small linux cluster (5-10) nodes > >> and would also like any reommendations on that. > >> > >> --Alan > > > > > > -- > > [email protected] > > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie > > > > > -- > Lan Barnes > > SCM Analyst Linux Guy > Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer > -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
